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Jos P Laurel
Jos P Laurel
Jos P Laurel
Laurel
Jos P. Laurel
His Excellency
Jos P. Laurel
PLH
3rd President of the Philippines President of the Republic of the Philippines In office October 14, 1943 August 17, 1945 Prime Minister Jorge B. Vargas (Ministries involved) Manuel L. Quezon (as President, de jure) Jorge B. Vargas (as Presiding Officer of the Philippine Executive Commission and head of government, de facto) Sergio Osmea Commissioner of the Interior In office December 4, 1942 October 14, 1943 Presiding Officer, PEC Jorge B. Vargas Preceded by Succeeded by Benigno Aquino, Sr. Quintin Paredes Commissioner of Justice In office December 24, 1941 December 4, 1942 Presiding Officer, PEC Jorge B. Vargas Preceded by Succeeded by Teofilo L. Sison Teofilo L. Sison Senator of the Philippines In office December 30, 1951 December 30, 1957 Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Jos P. Laurel
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In office February 29, 1936 February 5, 1942
Preceded by Succeeded by
George Malcolm Court reorganised Majority leader of the Senate of the Philippines In office 19281931
Manuel L. Quezon Francisco Enage Benigno S. Aquino Senator of the Philippines from the 5th Senatorial District In office 1925 1931 Served with: Manuel L. Quezon (19251931)
Preceded by Succeeded by
Antero Soriano Claro M. Recto Secretary of the Interior of the Philippines In office 19221923 Personal details
Born
March 9, 1891 Tanauan City, Spanish East Indies November 6, 1959 (aged68) Manila, Philippines Tanauan City, Batangas, Philippines Nacionalista Party (Before 1942; 19451959) KALIBAPI (19421945)
Died
Pacencia Hidalgo Jos B. Laurel, Jr. Sotero Laurel Natividad Laurel-Guinto Potenciana Laurel Yupangco Mariano Laurel Salvador Laurel Arsenio Laurel Rosenda Laurel Avancea University of the Philippines College of Law University of Santo Tomas Yale Law School Lawyer Roman Catholicism
Alma mater
Jos P. Laurel Jos Paciano Laurel y Garca, PLH (March 9, 1891 November 6, 1959) was the president of the Second Philippine Republic, a Japanese puppet state when occupied during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. Since the administration of President Diosdado Macapagal (19611965), Laurel has been recognized as a legitimate president of the Philippines.
Personal life
He married Paciencia Hidalgo in 1911. The couple had nine children: Jos Laurel, Jr., (August 27, 1912-March 18, 1998) Member of the Philippine National Assembly from Batangas from 1943 to 1944, Congressman from Batangas' Third District from 1941 to 1957 and from 1961 to 1972, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1954 to 1957 and from 1967 to 1971, Assemblyman of Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986, Member of the Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986 from June 2 to October 15, 1986 and a running-mate of Carlos P. Garcia of the Nacionalista Party in Philippine presidential election of 1957, placed second in the vice-presidential race against Diosdado Macapagal of Liberal Party (Philippines) Jos Laurel III (August 27, 1914) Ambassador to Japan Natividad Laurel (December 25, 1916)
Jos P. Laurel Sotero Laurel II (September 27, 1918-September 16, 2009) Senator of the Philippines from 1987 to 1992 became Senate President pro tempore from 1990 to 1992 Mariano Antonio Laurel (January 17, 1922) Rosenda Pacencia Laurel (January 9, 1925) Potenciana Laurel Yupangco (May 19, 1926) Salvador Laurel (November 18, 1928-January 27, 2004) Senator of the Philippines from 1967 to 1972, Prime Minister of the Philippines from February 25 to March 25, 1986, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines from March 25, 1986 to February 2, 1987, Vice President of the Philippines from February 25, 1986 to June 30, 1992 and a presidential candidate of the Nacionalista Party in Philippine presidential election of 1992 placed seventh in the presidential race against Fidel V. Ramos Arsenio Laurel (December 14, 1931-November 19, 1967) He was the first two-time winner of the Macau Grand Prix, winning it consecutively in 1962 and 1963
Descendants
Roberto Laurel, grandson, President of Lyceum of the Philippines University-Manila and Lyceum of the Philippines University-Cavite, son of Sotero Laurel (2nd son of Jos P. Laurel) Peter Laurel, grandson, President of Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas and Lyceum of the Philippines University-Laguna Franco Laurel, great-grandson, singer/stage actor Rajo Laurel, great-grandson, fashion designer Cocoy Laurel, grandson, actor/stage actor Iwi Laurel-Asensio, granddaughter, singer/entrepreneurship Cholo Laurel, grandson, movie director Patty Laurel, granddaughter, TV host/former MTV VJ Mark Anthony Laurel, great-grandson, earned fame in wholly different field as a game master Jos Laurel IV, grandson, representative of the 3rd District of Batangas, son of Jos B. Laurel, Jr. Denise Laurel, great-granddaughter, Filipina actress and singer and a member of ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown talents. Nicole Laurel-Asensio, great-granddaughter, A Literature Major and Deans List Awardee in the College of Liberal Arts in De La Salle University, Daughter of Iwi Laurel-Asensio, Lead singer of General Luna (band)
Jos P. Laurel
Jos P. Laurel
Presidency
Presidential styles of
Jose P. Laurel
Reference style Spoken style His Excellency Your Excellency
The presidency of Laurel understandably remains one of the most controversial in Philippine history. After the war, he would be denounced in some quartersWikipedia:Avoid weasel words as a war collaborator or even a traitor, although his indictment for treason was superseded by President Roxas' Amnesty Proclamation.
Postage stamps issued by the Japanese-controlled Second Philippine Republic in commemoration of its first anniversary. Depicted on the stamps is President Laurel
Accession
When Japan invaded, President Manuel L. Quezon first fled to Bataan and then to the United States to establish a government-in-exile. Laurel's prewar, close relationship with Japanese officials (a son had been sent to study at the Imperial Military Academy in Tokyo, and Laurel had received an honorary doctorate from Tokyo University), placed him in a good position to interact with the Japanese occupation forces. Laurel was among the Commonwealth officials instructed by the Japanese Imperial Army to form a provisional government when they One of the many propaganda slogans made invaded and occupied the country. He cooperated with the Japanese, in during the Laurel administration. Tagalog for "One Banner, One Nation, One Language". contrast to the decision of Filipino Chief Justice Abad Santos. Because he was well-known to the Japanese as a critic of US rule, as well as having demonstrated a willingness to serve under the Japanese Military Administration, he held a series of high posts in 19421943. In 1943, he was shot by Philippine guerrillas while playing golf at Wack Wack Golf and Country Club, but he quickly recovered. Later that year, he was selected, by the National Assembly, under vigorous Japanese influence, to serve as President.
Cabinet
Jos P. Laurel
TERM October 14, 1943-August 17, 1945 October 14, 1943-August 17, 1945 October 14, 1943-August 17, 1945
Minister of Health, Labor and Public Instructions Emiliano Tria Tirona October 14, 1943-August 17, 1945 Minister of Finance Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Justice Minister of Education Minister of Home Affairs Chief Cabinet Secretary Antonio de las Alas Claro M. Recto Quintin Paredes Camilo Osas Teofilo Sison Emilio Abello October 14, 1943-August 17, 1945 October 14, 1943-August 17, 1945 October 14, 1943-August 17, 1945 October 14, 1943-August 17, 1945 October 14, 1943-August 17, 1945 August 31, 1944-August 17, 1945
Domestic policies
Economy During Laurel's tenure as President, hunger was the main worry. Prices of essential commodities rose to unprecedented heights. The government exerted every effort to increase production and bring consumers' goods under control. However, Japanese rapacity had the better of it all. On the other hand, guerrilla activities and Japanese retaliatory measures brought the peace and order situation to a difficult point. Resorting to district-zoning and domiciliary searches, coupled with arbitrary asserts, the Japanese made the mission of Laurel's administration incalculably exasperating and perilous.[6] Food shortage During his presidency, the Philippines faced a crippling food shortage which demanded much of Laurel's attention. Rice and bread were still of availability but the sugar supply was gone. Laurel also resisted in vain Japanese demands that the Philippines issue a formal declaration of war against the United States. There were also reports during his presidency of the Japanese military carrying out rape and massacre towards the Filipino population. KALIBAPI Telling of Laurel's ambivalent and precarious position is the following anecdote. In 1944, Laurel issued an executive order organizing the Kapisanan sa Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas (KALIBAPI) as the sole political organization to back the government. An attempt was made to organize a women's section of the KALIBAPI, and Laurel hosted several women leaders in Malacaan Palace to plead his case. After he spoke, a university president, speaking in behalf of the group, responded, "Mr. President, sa kabil po kam". ("Mr. President, we are on the other side.") Laurel joined the others assembled in hearty laughter and the KALIBAPI women's section was never formed.[]
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Foreign policies
Philippine-Japanese Treaty of Alliance On October 20, 1943 the Philippine-Japanese Treaty of Alliance was signed by Claro M. Recto, who was appointed by Laurel as his Foreign Minister, and Japanese Ambassador to Philippines Sozyo Murata. One redeeming feature was that no conscription was envisioned. Greater East Asia Conference Shortly after the inauguration of the Second Philippine Republic, President Laurel, together with cabinet Ministers Recto and Paredes flew to Tokyo to attend the Greater East Asia Conference which was an international summit held in Tokyo, Japan from November 5 6, 1943, in which Japan hosted the heads of state of various component members of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. The conference was also referred to as the Tokyo Conference.
The Conference addressed few issues of any substance, but was intended from the start as a propaganda show piece, to illustrate the Empire of Japan's commitments to the Pan-Asianism ideal and to emphasize its role as the "liberator" of Asia from Western colonialism. The Joint Declaration of the Greater East Asia Conference was published as follows: It is the basic principle for the establishment of world peace that the nations of the world have each its proper place, and enjoy prosperity in common through mutual aid and assistance. The United States of America and the British Empire have in seeking their own prosperity oppressed other nations and peoples. Especially in East Asia, they indulged in insatiable aggression and exploitation, and sought to satisfy their inordinate ambition of enslaving the entire region, and finally they came to menace seriously the stability of East Asia. Herein lies the cause of the recent war. The countries of Greater East Asia, with a view to contributing to the cause of world peace, undertake to cooperate toward prosecuting the War of Greater East Asia to a successful conclusion, liberating their region from the yoke of British-American domination, and ensuring their self-existence and self-defense, and in constructing a Greater East Asia in accordance with the following principles: The countries of Greater East Asia through mutual cooperation will ensure the stability of their region and construct an order of common prosperity and well-being based upon justice. The countries of Greater East Asia will ensure the fraternity of nations in their region, by respecting one another's sovereignty and independence and practicing mutual assistance and amity. The countries of Greater East Asia by respecting one another's traditions and developing the creative faculties of each race, will enhance the culture and civilization of Greater East Asia. The countries of Greater East Asia will endeavor to accelerate their economic development through close cooperation upon a basis of reciprocity and to promote thereby the general prosperity of their region. The countries of Greater East Asia will cultivate friendly relations with all the countries of the world, and work for the abolition of racial discrimination, the promotion of cultural intercourse and the opening of resources throughout the world, and contribute thereby to the progress of mankind.[7]
Jos P. Laurel Martial law Laurel declared the country under martial law in 1944 through Proclamation No. 29, dated September 21. Martial law came into effect on September 22, 1944 at 9am. Proclamation No. 30 was issued the next day, declaring the existence of a state of war between the Philippines and the United States and the United Kingdom. This took effect on September 23, 1944 at 10:00am.
Resistance
Due to the nature of Laurel's government, and its connection to Japan, a sizable portion of the population actively resisted his presidency, supporting the exiled Commonwealth government; that is not to say that his government didn't have forces against said resistance. Assassination attempt On June 5, 1943, Laurel was playing golf at the Wack Wack Golf Course in Mandaluyong when he was shot around 4 times with a 45 caliber pistol. The bullets A bust of Jos P. Laurel located in Plaza Laurel, Brgy. Kumintang Ibaba, Batangas City, Philippines. barely missed his heart and liver. He was rushed by his golfing companions, among them FEU president Nicanor Reyes, Sr., to the Philippine General Hospital where he was operated by the Chief Military Surgeon of the Japanese Military Administration and Filipino surgeons. Laurel enjoyed a speedy recovery. Two suspects to the shooting were reportedly captured and swiftly executed by the Kempetai. Another suspect, a former boxer named Feliciano Lizardo, was presented for identification by the Japanese to Laurel at the latter's hospital bed, but Laurel then professed unclear memory. However, in his 1953 memoirs, Laurel would admit that Lizardo, by then one his bodyguards, was indeed the would-be-assassin. Still, the historian Teodoro Agoncillo in his book on the Japanese occupation, identified a captain with a guerilla unit as the shooter. Laurel is the only Filipino president to have been shot outside of combat.
Laurel (left) being taken into U.S. custody at Osaka Airport in 1945, along with Benigno Aquino, Sr. (center) and Jos Laurel III.
Jos P. Laurel Jorge B. Vargas, had been in Japan. Evacuated from Baguio shortly after the city fell, they traveled to Aparri and thence, on board Japanese planes, had been taken to Japan. On August 17, 1945, from his refuge in Nara, President Laurel issued an Executive Proclamation which declared the dissolution of his regime.
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Post-presidency
1949 presidential election
On October 17, the Japanese forces surrendered to the United States. Gen. Douglas MacArthur ordered Laurel arrested for collaborating with the Japanese. In 1946 he was charged with 132 counts of treason, but was never brought to trial due to the general amnesty granted by President Manuel Roxas in 1948. Laurel ran for president against Elpidio Quirino in 1949 but lost in what was then considered by Carlos P. Romulo and Marvin M. GrayWikipedia:Avoid weasel words as the dirtiest election in Philippine electoral history.
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Notes
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] G.R. No. L-7037, March 15, 1912 (http:/ / www. lawphil. net/ judjuris/ juri1912/ mar1912/ gr_l-7037_1912. html) American Colonial Careerist, p. 104 Justices of the Supreme Court, p. 175 http:/ / www. lawphil. net/ judjuris/ juri1936/ jul1936/ gr_l-45081_1936. html http:/ / www. lawphil. net/ judjuris/ juri1940/ feb1940/ gr_l-46496_1940. html Molina, Antonio. The Philippines: Through the centuries. Manila: University of Sto. Tomas Cooperative, 1961. Prin WW2DB: Greater East Asia Conference (http:/ / ww2db. com/ battle_spec. php?battle_id=70 WW2DB: Greater East Asia Conference) Molina, Antonio. The Philippines: Through the centuries. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Cooperative, 1961. Print. Justices of the Supreme Court, p. 176
References
Laurel, Jose P. (1953). Bread and Freedom. Zaide, Gregorio F. (1984). Philippine History and Government. National Bookstore Printing Press. Sevilla, Victor J. (1985). Justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Vol. I. Quezon City, Philippines: New Day Publishers. pp.7980, 174176. ISBN971-10-0134-9. Malcolm, George A. (1957). American Colonial Careerist. United States of America: Christopher Publishing House. pp.103104, 9697, 139, 249251. Aluit, Alfonso (1994). By Sword and Fire: The Destruction of Manila in World War II February 3 March 3, 1945. Philippines: National Commission for Culture and the Arts. pp.134138. ISBN971-8521-10-0. Ocampo, Ambeth (2000) [1995]. "The Irony of Tragedy". Bonifacio's Bolo (4th ed.). Pasig City: Anvil Publishing. pp.6061. ISBN971-27-0418-1. (http://malacanang.gov.ph/presidents/second-republic/jose-p-laurel/)
External links
The Jose P. Laurel Memorial Foundation (http://www.freewebs.com/foundationproject08/index.htm) The Philippine Presidency Project (http://www.pangulo.ph) "JOSE LAUREL DIES; FILIPINO LEADER; Head of Wartime Japanese Puppet Regime Lost Race for President in 1949" (http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract. html?res=F70B16F93E551B7B93C4A9178AD95F4D8585F9). New York Times. November 6, 1959. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
Legal offices Precededby George A. Malcolm Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 19361941 Political offices Precededby Manuel L. Quezon as president of the Philippines Precededby Jorge B. Vargas (de facto) as Presiding Officer of the Philippine Executive Commission President of the Republic of the Philippines October 14, 1943 October 17, 1945 President of the Republic of the Philippines October 14, 1943 October 17, 1945 Succeededby Sergio Osmea as president of the Philippines Succeededby Sergio Osmea as president of the Philippines Court reorganised
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