Explain The Contribution of T HE Thoughts of Foremost Filipin O Political Leaders To The Attai Nment of Filipino Nationhood
Explain The Contribution of T HE Thoughts of Foremost Filipin O Political Leaders To The Attai Nment of Filipino Nationhood
Explain The Contribution of T HE Thoughts of Foremost Filipin O Political Leaders To The Attai Nment of Filipino Nationhood
EX P L A I N T
TS O F F O R E M O S T F I L I PI N O
T H O U G H
S T O T H E A T T A I N M E N T O F
POLITICA L L E A D ER
FILIPIN O N A T IO N H O O D
P ORTER : NIC K L A CO RTE
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1.GENERALLY, WHEN WE THINK OF THE TERM “FILIPINO POLITICIAN,” WHAT INEVITABLY
COMES TO OUR MINDS IS “CORRUPT, ARROGANT, AND INCOMPETENT.” WE CAN’T HELP IT
THOUGH SINCE OUR OWN POLITICIANS LARGELY CONTRIBUTED TO THAT NEGATIVE PUBLIC
PERCEPTION OF THEMSELVES WITH ALL THEIR POLITICAL CIRCUSES AND SHENANIGANS.
100% (80%) corrupt
2. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE INDEED SOME TRULY GOOD ONES IN THE MIX, THEY ARE FAR AND
FEW IN-BETWEEN NOWADAYS. WHAT’S WORSE, THEIR LIKE-MINDED PREDECESSORS—MEN
OF INTEGRITY AND HONOR WHO TOOK PUBLIC OFFICE TO ACTUALLY SERVE OTHERS—ARE
LONG GONE FROM US, IN A TIME WHEN WE NEED THEM THE MOST.
3. LOOKING BACK AT THE TIME OF OUR FOREMOST POLITICAL LEADERS, THEIR THOUGHTS
AND ACTIONS PLAYED A BIG PART TO THE NATIONHOOD WE FILIPINOS ARE ALL BENEFITING
FROM NOW.
4. THEIR NATIONALISM HAS BECOME THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL REVOLT FROM ALL THE
COLONIZER AND CONQUERORS OUR COUNTRY HAS ENDURED. THE PHILIPPINES HAD BEEN
A SPANISH COLONY SINCE 1565, AND SINCE THAT TIME NUMEROUS REVOLTS BROKE OUT
CHALLENGING SPANISH RULE. THESE REVOLTS WERE DISUNITED, HOWEVER, UNTIL THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY WHEN NATIONALISM BROUGHT FORTH A MORE UNITED ANTI-
COLONIAL MOVEMENT. THIS CULMINATED IN A REVOLUTION THAT BROKE OUT IN 1896.
AFTER MUCH FIGHTING, A STALEMATE ENSUED, LEADING TO A CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN FILIPINO AND SPANISH LEADERS.
MAGING MAALAM
SA POLITICAL
SOCIAL AND
ECONOMIC
FILIPINO FIRST POLICY – CARLOS P GARCIA
THIS POLICY IS THEREFORE DESIGNED TO REGAIN ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE. IT IS A NATIONAL EFFORT TO THE
END THAT FILIPINOS OBTAIN MAJOR AND DOMINANT PARTICIPATION IN THEIR OWN NATIONAL ECONOMY. THIS WE
WILL ACHIEVE WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE AND WITH FAIRNESS TO ALL.