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Carlos Peña Romulo Sr. GCS CLH NA GCrM GCrGH KGCR (January 14, 1899 – December 15, 1985) was a Filipino diplomat, statesman, soldier, journalist and author. He was a co-founder of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, a general in the US Army and the Philippine Army, university president, and president of the United Nations General Assembly.
Liberal Party members, led by Carlos P. Romulo quit the party after the failure of getting the nomination against the incumbent President Elpidio Quirino for the 1953 elections. [1] Romulo and his men founded the Democratic Party, [ 2 ] on May 29, 1953. [ 3 ]
After the victory of the Liberal Party, Nacionalista only won 1 of 8 seats in the 1947 Senate election, by Camilo Osias. [21] In 1949 presidential elections, Nacionalista fielded former "collaborator" and political veteran Jose P. Laurel, with former Senator and Supreme Court Associate Justice Manuel Briones as his running-mate. [22]
The Liberal Party renominated President Elpidio Quirino and former House Speaker and Liberal Party President José Yulo for president and vice-president respectively. Following the nomination, Philippine Ambassador to Washington Carlos P. Romulo and his men walked out of the LP convention and formed the Democratic Party .
It was the only time in Philippine history where the duly elected president, vice president and senators all came from the same party, the Liberal Party. Carlos P. Romulo and Marvin M. Gray, publisher of the Manila Evening News, accuse Quirino in their book The Magsaysay Story [1] of widespread fraud and intimidation of the opposition by ...
The new party is being formed by a merger of three political groups that have emerged in recent years as a reaction to America's increasingly polarized and gridlocked political system.
No. Party-list Full name Nominees 1 4Ps [1]: Pagtibayin at Palaguin ang Pangkabuhayang Pilipino Marcelino Libanan (incumbent); Jonathan Clement Abalos II (incumbent)
Juan Carlos Esquivel, 58, was born in Venezuela to a Cuban father and a Venezuelan mother. He is married, with four children and three grandchildren, and holds a master’s degree in business ...