Word: magsaysayism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With each new success, new troubles also came to Huk-fighting Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay of the Philippines. As his stock rose with the plain people all over the islands, it fell with his boss, President Elpidio Quirino, and Liberal Party politicians around Quirino-who want to stay in power after next November's elections-openly intrigued against Magsaysay. When Filipinos began talking seriously of Magsaysay as a reform presidential candidate, the Defense Secretary began even to fear for his life...
...Dear Lord, can't I even see my unborn child? I tried everything. I said I had eaten no breakfast and was dizzy. I pretended illness and asked for water and food. But he wouldn't open that door. I offered to intercede with [Defense Secretary Ramon] Magsaysay for him. I said the left engine was stalling and that we had to ditch the plane. I put on a life jacket, gave him one, and pretended to panic. He said O.K., look for land...
...Ramon Magsaysay, an appointee...
Quirino and a member of the President's Liberal Party, praise from Quirino's deadliest political enemy is already proving embarrassing, and it may ultimately prove to be dangerous. A man of great energy and ability and of indisputable honesty, Magsaysay is normally ambitious, and would, in usual circumstances, aspire to direct the destiny of his country. Already Magsaysay finds jealousy and suspicious scowls on the faces of his Liberal Party colleagues at presidential cabinet meetings, and some have taken to cutting him dead. Quirino recognizes the folly of seeming to sabotage so popular a national hero. Recently...
...behind the scenes there has been high-level tampering with the army, in which Magsaysay has not been consulted, and Quirino's so-called "inner cabinet," which does not include the Defense Secretary, has reportedly been talking about imposing martial law and jailing the political opposition on charges of dealing with the Communists. There are many here who fear that neither the ideal of democratic elections nor the life of Ramon Magsaysay can be considered safe under such circumstances. There may be more anomalies, and serious ones, in the offing for the Philippines...