MACAPAGAL

AND
PRESENTED BY: MARCOS
DARLENE V. AMBAY | ANALYN B. LIM | CYNTHIA V.
TABANGAY
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 Promises Fulfilled/ Unfulfilled

 Promised a program for the socio-economic Unfulfilled – His economic policy

aspect of society wherein he’d return free and was called decontrol because he
private enterprises wherein economic allowed the foreign products to
developments would be placed in the hands of enter freely in our country.
private entrepreneurs wherein the government
would have minimal control over.
 He would be the president of both the rich and Unfulfilled – He wanted to end
the poor. He promises to erase that line corruption, poverty,
between the wealthy and the unfortunate. homelessness, and other various
Mostly by elevating the poor’s status to have a problems that plagued the
more copious life. common man. During his entire
“I shall be president not only of the rich but term, none of these was
more so of the poor. We must help bridge the achieved.
wide gap between the poor man and the man of
wealth, not by pulling down the rich to his level
as Communism desires, but by raising the poor
towards the more abundant life.”

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 The Malacanang Palace is to be Opened Malacanang to
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opened to the public. public;
didn’t
however
last
it
long
because people started
to only loft around

 Restoration of morality to the  

public by alleviating the stature of
the masses.
 Promised to end corruption, and Unfulfilled – He wanted
establish anti-terrorism. to end corruption,
poverty, homelessness,
and other various
problems that plagued
the common man. During
his entire term, none of
these was achieved.
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DEVELOPMENT PLAN
• Opened Malacanang to public.
• Dismissed Corruption in the government when the
official couldn’t justify his sudden acquisition of
wealth.
• Changed the Date of the Philippine Independence
from June 12 to July 4.

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DEVELOPMENT PLAN
• Agricultural Land Reform Code of 1963 –Abolished
share tendency on rice and corn farmlands and
establishment of a leasehold system where farmers
would pay rentals to landlords instead of harvests.
• Initial beautification of Rizal Park.
• Development of “Miracle” (IR-8 variety) rice by the
International Rice Research Institute in 1964

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DEVELOPMENT PLAN
• Commencement of construction of South
Expressway.
• Construction of tenement buildings for the poor.
• Sale of houses to AFP enlisted men and officers.
• The filing of claims to Sabah on June 22, 1962.

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FINANCE (FOREIGN DEBT)
• 1961 - $277.7 million
In 1961, departing from the nationalist policies of predecessor
Carlos Garcia, Diosdado Macapagal embraced the virtues of free
enterprise, and opened the door to foreign investment, gearing up
the economy for global competition. In return, the United States,
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB)
offered the government huge loans..  It was thought that foreign
capital could be a catalyst of development.  That embrace, however,
was probably our entry into the debt trap.  The pressure of the IMF
and the WB was already being felt.

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SCANDALS
• Graft and Corruption: Stonehill Controversy – The
controversy began when Macapagal prevented the
prosecution of Stonehill and ordered his
deportation instead. This led Diokno to question
the president regarding his stand against
corruption.

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SCANDALS
• Rise in Consumer Goods Prices – Allowing foreign
businesses to send their profits home.
• Floating Peso – Lifting of import controls.
• Macapagal’s privileged subjects in congress and
business paraded their lavish wealth in conspicuous
parties and anomalous deals.
• Peace and Order Issues.

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FAILURES
• He prevented his government from “tracking
down” the sources of corruption by firing the
officers alleged with corruption and deporting
Stonehill. This way, he got in the way of one of his
promises.
• He failed to solve major social and economic
problems.

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FAILURES
• Macapagal wasn’t able to effectively maximize the
programs for the people to alleviate poverty.

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Second Term
1969
to
1972

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 Promises Fulfilled/ Unfulfilled
 Reformation of
International
 The structure of government established by
and Domestic
President Marcos remains substantially the
Policies
same except the change of name, inclusive
(Political,
of superficial feature in laws, to give a
Social,
semblance of change from that of President
Economical,
Marcos regime.
and Legal
Systems)

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 Renovation of  Hospitals
 Specialty Hospitals (Philippine Heart Center, Lung
Roads, Center, Kidney Institute, Philippine Children Hospital
Buildings,  Schools
Public Works  Bataan Nuclear Powerplant
 Powerplants – geothermal plants, hydroelectric plants
and other  International airport
Infrastructure  Housing projects
s  Restorations of Intramuros, Luneta Park, etc.
 Philippine International Convention Center
 Makiling Center for the Arts (National Arts Center)
 Malacanang ti Amianan (Laoag)
 Nayong Pilipino
 Museum for Native Art (Tacloban)
 Palace in the Sky (Tagaytay)
 Government Buildings
 Light Rail Transit
 San Juanico Bridge (Samar and Leyte)
 Toll Way: North Luzon Expressway (NLEX)
 Marcos Highway (Baguio)

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 Fix the judiciary
systems of the  
Philippines
 Diminish, prevent, and  Rising tide of criminality and
attack the problem of subversion by the re-organized
the government Communist movement; and
regarding corruption secessionism in the South.
Situations in Manila and some
provinces continued to deteriorate
until the imposition of martial law in
1972.

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 Make the Philippines
rise to greatness once
more
“This nation can be
 Students in various colleges and
great again. This I have
universities held massive rallies and
said over and over. It is
demonstrations to express their
my articles of faith, and
frustrations and resentments.
Divine Providence has
willed that you and I
can now translate this
faith into deeds.”
 Economic  Overspending in the 1969 elections led to higher
inflation and the devaluation of the Philippine
Development and peso. Further, the decision of the oil-producing
Good Government Arab countries to cut back oil production, in
response to Western military aid to Israel in
the Arab-Israeli Conflict, resulted to higher fuel
prices worldwide. In addition, the frequent visits of
natural calamities brought havoc to infrastructures
and agricultural crops and livestock. The combined
external and internal economic forces led to
uncontrolled increase in the prices of prime
commodities.
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FINANCE (FOREIGN DEBT)
• From 1962 to 1985, the debt of the Philippines
increased from 360 million USD (1.4 billion pesos)
to 28 billion USD (521 billion pesos), a 678%
increase.

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SCANDALS
• In 1969, President Marcos was re-elected for an
unprecedented second term because of his
impressive performance or, as his critics claimed,
because of massive vote-buying and electoral
frauds.

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SCANDALS
• First Quarter Storm and rumored coup d'état and
plot to assassinate President Marcos
• Declaration of Martial Law
• Marcos Ill-gotten wealth

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FAILURES
• The second term proved to be a daunting challenge
to the President: an economic crisis brought by
external and internal forces; a restive and
radicalized studentry demanding reforms in the
educational system; rising tide of criminality and
subversion by the re-organized Communist
movement; and secessionism in the South.

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FAILURES
• Increased size of the rebel forces
• Constant threats to the Marcos administration led
him to the implementation of Martial Law.

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DARLENE V. AMBAY | ANALYN B. LIM | CYNTHIA V.
TABANGAY