Often times in history, a legendary man who served his country and his people lurks in history books, ironically as a demonic figure who allegedly robbed the public of their precious democracy. Interestingly however, beneath the exaggerated media, this man by the name: Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, demonstrated a leadership superior to any known president of the Republic of the Philippines. When the name Ferdinand Marcos is queried to most Filipinos, two most common answers emerge: a dictator, and likely the most common of the two – the proclaimer of martial law. As clarification however, it is best to understand the silenced fact about these two common descriptions. First, the word dictator by definition literally means a leader, who
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According to Ronald Wintrobe (1990), a tinpot dictator seeks material gain from the dictatorship, while a totalitarian dictator seeks to compress the power within himself to be able to control the economical and political interests of a region or a country. In essence, it is clear that Ferdinand Marcos became a totalitarian dictator because he needed the power to effectively pacify the insurgency in Mindanao, and the threat of communism. Leadership bias, as John C. Maxwell (2007) implied, is what allows leaders to act almost instantaneously upon sensing change. Thus, it is what also lead Ferdinand Marcos to act swiftly to quell the insurrection in the southern region of the Philippines and the threat of communism. In contrast, the belief of the party opposing Marcos believes that he became a tinpot dictator greedily plundering the resources of the country as he continued to be an unopposed leader for the Philippines. Coincidentally however, according also to Maxwell (2007): leadership bias is easily understood by natural leaders yet non-leaders do not understand this concept; hence, it shows the lack of comprehension from the side opposing Marcos because they could not fathom the purpose of the martial law …show more content…
The yellow army is consist of the supporters of Corazon Aquino, the first lady president in the Philippines, and the wife of Ninoy Aquino, a political figure assassinated and was allegedly blamed to be orchestrated by Ferdinand Marcos. Admittedly, it is effortless to connect the clues that leads to Ferdinand Marcos’ alleged assassination of Ninoy Aquino for Marcos’ adversaries because Ninoy is political activists that desires to lift martial law; however, there is one censored fact: their close friendship. In fact, when Ninoy was in jail and suffered a heart attack, Marcos has given him a chance to have a heart by-pass operation in United States. It is compelling to ask as to why would Marcos actually manage assassinate his friend on live broadcast in television, after letting him go to United States, when he actually could have let him die in prison: that is if really intended to do so. Yet, this was used by Marcos’ adversaries as another negative allegation against his name in unison with his proclamation of Martial
According to Ronald Wintrobe (1990), a tinpot dictator seeks material gain from the dictatorship, while a totalitarian dictator seeks to compress the power within himself to be able to control the economical and political interests of a region or a country. In essence, it is clear that Ferdinand Marcos became a totalitarian dictator because he needed the power to effectively pacify the insurgency in Mindanao, and the threat of communism. Leadership bias, as John C. Maxwell (2007) implied, is what allows leaders to act almost instantaneously upon sensing change. Thus, it is what also lead Ferdinand Marcos to act swiftly to quell the insurrection in the southern region of the Philippines and the threat of communism. In contrast, the belief of the party opposing Marcos believes that he became a tinpot dictator greedily plundering the resources of the country as he continued to be an unopposed leader for the Philippines. Coincidentally however, according also to Maxwell (2007): leadership bias is easily understood by natural leaders yet non-leaders do not understand this concept; hence, it shows the lack of comprehension from the side opposing Marcos because they could not fathom the purpose of the martial law …show more content…
The yellow army is consist of the supporters of Corazon Aquino, the first lady president in the Philippines, and the wife of Ninoy Aquino, a political figure assassinated and was allegedly blamed to be orchestrated by Ferdinand Marcos. Admittedly, it is effortless to connect the clues that leads to Ferdinand Marcos’ alleged assassination of Ninoy Aquino for Marcos’ adversaries because Ninoy is political activists that desires to lift martial law; however, there is one censored fact: their close friendship. In fact, when Ninoy was in jail and suffered a heart attack, Marcos has given him a chance to have a heart by-pass operation in United States. It is compelling to ask as to why would Marcos actually manage assassinate his friend on live broadcast in television, after letting him go to United States, when he actually could have let him die in prison: that is if really intended to do so. Yet, this was used by Marcos’ adversaries as another negative allegation against his name in unison with his proclamation of Martial