“During World War II, the Japanese appointed Jose P. Laurel as president of the Philippine “republic” in October 1943. The vice president was Benigno Aquino I, the grandfather of Aquino III! Aquino I was a very different nationalist, in that he is the foremost apologist for Japanese Imperialism but denounced American “Imperialism “on a regular basis.
Aquino I (He) even visited a Filipino POW camp where defenders of Bataan and Corregidor were held. Thinking the Filipinos were draftees, he told them they were sacrificed by America in a token resistance. He did not realize they were all volunteers.
Bataan Death March (Bienvenido Macario, 04/12/11 4:38 am)
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Three Japanese collaborators stick out: Claro M. Recto, whose son is now a senator and married to a governor. Manuel Roxas I, the first president of the Third Philippine Republic (1946-1948), whose grandson Manuel Roxas II is Aquino III’s special ambassador, and Benigno Aquino I, the reliable head of the pro-Japanese KALIBAPI, whose grandson Benigno Aquino III is now the president!!!
