Ferdinand Marcos Flashcards
The Young Marcos snipered Julio Nalundasan during the first commonwealth, and Laurel overturned it. Why?
He was brilliant, he became a lwayer even though he was incarcerated.
He perhaps learned that as long as you are smart, you can get away with anything
1st term
What Marcos did during his first term?
Built lots of infrastructure and improved transportation
-debt driven development because he pocketed a lot of it
it made sense because we needed to develop
but eventually we cannpt pay for anything because he did not built much compared to the amount he borrowed
Marcos won with a second term. What was the rumor during this and what was his policy
-buying votes rampant (comelec walked out on TV)
-guns goons and gold
Joma Sison was initially a founder of a peaceful/nonviolent movement called natdem. What was the turning point why he resorted to violent means
-SIno soviet split (Mao Zedong)
-Vietnam war (guerilla war)
Proclamation no 1081 Sept 23 aka
Martial law
The martial law was said to be well planned because
the legislative body did not have enough time to stop it because he dclared it on saturday and the legislative was on vacation until nect year
-lockdown legislative building
-shutdown press
What happened to legislative now that we have martial law
Legislative written by executive
“presidential decree”
that s why he is a dictatoria
Marcos main propaganda
- Protext or save the republic
- Build a new society
how did marcos get away
all of his works are backed by a legal documentation
-if it’s illlegal, he passes a law to make it legal
How marcos “dismantled the oligarchy”
“crony capitalism”
-destroyed opposition and gave business to his friends
What was his land reforms
-give the lands to his friends
-rice self-sufficiecy - did not last long because it was not profitable since it was not partnered with economic policies
How was Marcos ousted
Coup d’etat of the AFP
-felt emasculated because marcos only gives the higher ranks to his friends/due to widespread nepotism
-afp not really for the people but did not want a society where they were part of the oppressed and the marginalized. shows that they were not opposed to cruelty but only want to be the one who is doing it
Conclusion
-history is full of struggle and triumph
-struggles because we coujld always do better
-if kkk can imagine a filipino nation when all they ever knew was the spanish rule,then we can tpp
-history is important to fuel hope and spark changes to make society a better place
