How the US presidency has always been worth wars

By Mauro Gia Samonte

Aug 15, 2020 12:03 am

First of 2 parts

IN regard to the forthcoming United States presidential elections, one classic statement I will never forget is one spoken by wartime President Jose P. Laurel in 1949. The country had conducted the first presidential election under the 1946 Republic with Elpidio Quirino being proclaimed the winner over Laurel.

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