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Shadow Cabinet. Sitting in an outer wing of the presidential palace watching these goings-on is young Vice President, Diosdado Macapagal, a Magsaysay follower who, running on the Liberal ticket, got more votes for Veep than did Nacionalista Garcia for President. Since Macapagal refused to change his party after the election, Garcia barred him from any Cabinet post. Completely isolated ("I only learn what's going on from reading the newspapers"), Macapagal has been subjected to every kind of palace snub. If his air conditioner breaks down, maintenance men take weeks to fix it. When official limousines were handed...
Vice President Diosdado Macapagal of the Philippines...
...Philippines. Magsaysay is missed, but last month's elections, returning President Garcia to office while installing the opposition Liberals' Diosdado Macapagal as his Vice President, argue stability and democratic progress. The Communist Huks are almost extinct. Though the economy could be strong and prosperous, the Philippines are now in the throes of a crisis. Dollar reserves are down 30% since January, and President Garcia has called on Filipinos to "retrench," asked the U.S. for a $100 million loan. Fortnight ago he sharply restricted imports and dollar credits, announced a new austerity program designed to stop the drain...
Coming Man. But neither machine-made Garcia or airbrushed Manahan carried off the hearts of Filipino voters. By a turn unprecedented in Filipino history, that was achieved by fiery Diosdado Macapagal, 47, who not only won election as Vice President on the opposition Liberal ticket but racked up more votes than President Garcia himself. In doing so, he defeated the man the U.S. most wanted to see defeated-Garcia's running mate, Jose Laurel Jr., a pouchy-eyed lover of nightclubs and strong drink who remarked to one Nacionalista audience: "To hell with the Americans." Laurel's campaign...
...others, he wants more U.S. money to stabilize the nation's economy. Under Philippine law, separate votes are cast for President and Vice President. Many who concede Garcia will probably win the presidency think there is a good chance Laurel will be defeated by the Liberals' Diosdado Macapagal, 47. A poor boy become lawyer and economist, Macapagal claims longtime friendship with Magsaysay despite later political differences, is ambitious and able...