What followed one month later was the most violent demonstration in nation’s history. However, there was a discontentment and anger as most citizen felt the result was doctored. In 1969, he won again for the second time. He claims that he had garnered every medal and decorations that U.S and Filipino government can give to a soldier. Prior to the presidential election in 1965, there was a populist campaign where Ferdinand Marcos was projected as a decorated war hero emerging from World War-II. This book is about few men, whose avarice had completely pauperized and paralyzed nation’s economy. This book is about Ferdinand Marcos, ex-President and dictator of Philippines. They have plundered their nation’s economy, indulged in human right abuses and at times made a mockery of democracy. The history is repleted with countless example of men, who had misutilized their power for their own selfish need. A person’s sense of morality lessens as his power increases. The statement was made by Lord Acton, a British historian of the nineteenth century. Power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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