Word: magsaysayism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From barrio to barrio, and on every city street corner, the name of Ramon Magsaysay rang across the Philippines last week. Election day was only four weeks off, and every presidential and congressional candidate was busily trying to identify himself with the late great President, who was killed in an airplane crash only seven months ago. "Keep faith with Magsaysay!" cried the Nacionalistas of President Carlos P. Garcia, the smooth, shrewd politician who succeeded to the presidency on Magsaysay's death. "Magsaysay was our guy; now Yulo is our Magsaysay," proclaimed the Liberals, ignoring the fact that Ramon Magsaysay...
...Squeeze. Despite the invocation of his hallowed name, Philippine politicos seemed rapidly sloughing off the uncomfortable standards of honesty that Magsaysay had brought to Philippine political life. Within weeks of his death, President Garcia had eased Magsaysay's dedicated young men out of the administration. It was not always done with subtlety. Minister of Labor Eleuteria Adevoso found that his salary had been cut out of the annual appropriation by the Nacionalista-controlled Congress; when he resigned, the Congress restored the appropriation for his successor. Soon there was cynical talk of politicians once again dabbling in black-market deals...
...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...
Peso Sandwich. Chief outsider is Manuel P. Manahan, 41, an independent who has dedicated himself to carrying on Magsaysay's programs. He has made the most of a physical resemblance to his hero (he has even had his campaign pictures touched up to enhance the likeness), has had an amazingly warm reception in the barrios, which he has tramped indefatigably shaking hands and making friends with backwoods voters in the Magsaysay pattern. But without a machine of his own, he is conceded only an outsider's chance of upsetting the major candidates...
...party workers passing out "peso sandwiches"−a couple of crisp bills pressed between two sample ballots. His vote may or may not be counted. As of this week, there was no indication that he would get a proper answer to the question he asked when his beloved Ramon Magsaysay died. The question was and is: "Who will take care...