Insights of President Elpidio Quirino

Reference: https://bloomspresidents.wordpress.com/elpido-r-quirino/ Elpidio Quirino's early life was marked by his humble beginnings in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, and his determination to work while studying law at the University of the Philippines. He pursued a career in public service, serving as a congressman, senator, and various cabinet secretary roles before becoming Vice President under Manuel Roxas. As President, his administration focused on rebuilding the nation after WWII and included key achievements like establishing the Central Bank and negotiating foreign treaties, though it was also challenged by the Hukbalahap insurgency and economic instability. When President Manuel Roxas died on April 15, 1948, Quirino succeeded him as president of the republic. For his weakness in tolerating rampant graft and corruption in his party, permitting immorality in the armed forces, and neglecting the impoverished plight of the majority of Filipinos, he was very unpopular, and in 1953 he was defeated by Ramon Magsaysay. After the war, Quirino was elected vice-president in 1946 election, consequently the second and last for the Commonwealth and first for the third republic. After the death of the incumbent president Manuel Roxas in 1948, he succeeded the presidency. In what was claimed to be a dishonest and fraudulent 1949 presidential election, he won the president’s office under Liberal Party ticket, defeating Nacionalista vie and former president José P. Laurel as well as fellow Liberalista and former senate president José Avelino.