July 4, 2019 – Today is the 73rd anniversary of the Treaty of Manila, formally the Treaty of General Relations and Protocol. The USA agreed to relinquished its sovereignty over the Philippine Territory and recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines. US High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt represented the US while Commonwealth President Manuel A. Roxas “represented the Philippines”.
Treaty of Manila https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Manila_(1946)
The problem here is the fact that there was no plebiscite or referendum held asking the Filipino people if we wanted to give up our U.S. nationality, secede from the union with the U.S.A. and become Filipino citizens.
The fact is Manuel A. Roxas was a US Army Brigadier general who was trying to avoid military justice for collaborating with the Japanese during WWII.
Even after puppet president Jose Laurel outed Brig. Gen. Manuel A. Roxas as a collaborator, the US Senate nonetheless went ahead and ratified the Treaty of Manila on Oct. 22, 1946!
RESULTS OF THE FIVE (5) PLEBISCITES PUERTO RICANS HELD ON INDEPENDENCE, TERRITORIAL AUTONOMY AND STATEHOOD
Excerpt: “Philippines & Puerto Rico
The Philippines and Puerto Rico both became US territories in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War [1898]. The Philippines through a plebiscite allegedly marked with fraud, opted for independence in 1946, despite Manila being the second most-devastated allied city in World War II–Warsaw being the first. (CORRECTION: There never was a plebiscite asking our parents & grandparents the Filipino people if they wanted to give up their US nationality, secede from the union (USA) and become Filipino citizens. BM – Nov. 9, 2012)
So, should Puerto Rico be offered independence and the Philippine regions be given the option to revert back to a US Commonwealth? Now after 60 years, billions of dollars of aid from US taxpayers and loans from the IMF-World Bank, the Philippines is still a developing country! If you have a student still in high school or college after say 20 years, don’t you think it’s time to have the student or students examined for the possibility that such student is mentally handicapped and in need of special education, care and attention?
But the Philippines is really one small region composed of several nations. This may explain why it is almost impossible to unite the islands and why Spanish colonial authorities found it easier to divide and
conquer a readily divided archipelago.
During the Spanish regime, passports were required for locals who would travel from one region to another, even on the island of Luzon.
From 1946 to the present, except for Pres. Estrada’s short-lived term, the Philippines never had a Tagalog or Bicol president. And the most marginalized group are the Tagalogs and Bicols.I think it is time to give these various groups a choice whether they would want the status quo or independence. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is insanity. The various peoples of the Philippines must be allowed to chose. Free will is the basis of democracy.
The eight distinct Philippine languages are Tagalog, Bicol (very similar to the Maori language of New Zealand), Ilokano, Pangasinan, Kapangpang, Ilonggo, Waray, Cebuano. Each of these nations has their own separate epic poems written in their own respective languages.
WAIS – Hungary, Thailand…and the Philippines (Bienvenido Macario, Philippines) 09/27/06 4:57 pm
https://waisworld.org/go.jsp?id=02a&objectType=post&o=11343&objectTypeId=5593&topicId=1
Below is the WAIS post on what turned out to be the fourth referendum asking Puerto Ricans if they wish to be independent, remain a territory or become a state(?). Apparently Puerto Ricans are not familiar how a U.S. territory becomes a state.
WAIS post Puerto Rico Referendum Nov. 2012 page 2.
Subject: Report: Puerto Rico delegate top spender in House 03-22-11
Bienvenido Macario <ned.macario@gmail.com> Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:04 AM
To: John Eipper <jeipper@waisworld.org>, Ned Macario <ned.macario@gmail.com>
March 29, 2011
At one time former Speaker Nancy Pelosi as one of the top spender in the US House of Representatives was discussed in the Forum.
According to the report below it was the non-voting delegate from Puerto Rico who was the biggest spender last year who beat Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
Bienvenido Macario
Report: Puerto Rico delegate top spender in House
By The Associated Press | Published: 8:12 PM 03/22/2011
http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/22/report-puerto-rico-delegate-top-spender-in-house/#ixzz1HyHrFWm9
Things happen for a reason. Had the Philippines remained a U.S. territory after WWII, we would have federally funded abortion; same sex marriage would now be legal in the Philippines, a conservative predominantly Roman Catholic country.
Excerpt: “This is another reason I would rather associate my ancestral land, the Philippines, with the UK and most important of all, as a realm country. We have to remember Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines were all ceded by Spain to the US for $20 million in 1898.
Why would the financial fate of the Philippines be any different from that of Puerto Rico today or Guam if it remained a US Territory after WWII?”
Above is the 1898 Treaty of Paris whereby Spain ceded the Philippines, the main subject of the treaty, along with Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.A for $20 million. Puerto Rico and Guam remain U.S. territories to this day.
Below, once again are the results of five (5) plebiscites and referendum Puerto Ricans held on independence, territorial autonomy and statehood.
How come the Filipino people were never asked even when the so-called Commonwealth was created in 1934 and when the Philippines was granted independence 73 years ago today, July 4, 1946 if we wanted to give up our US nationality, secede from the US and become independent as Filipino citizens?
It was the US Senate of the 79th Congress who introduced the total disregard to due process.
