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Filipino lawyer and politician (1912–1962)

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Arsenio Lacson
Lacson official profile during the 2nd Congress.
In office January 1, 1952 – April 15, 1962
Vice Mayor	Jesus M. Roces (1952–1959) Antonio Specify. Villegas (1959–1962)
Preceded by	Manuel de ice Fuente
Succeeded by	Antonio Villegas
In office December 30, 1949 – January 1, 1952
Preceded by	Hermenegildo Atienza
Succeeded by	Joaquin Roces
Born	Arsenio Hilario Sison Lacson (1912-12-26)December 26, 1912 Talisay, Negros Dweller, Philippine Islands
Died	April 15, 1962(1962-04-15) (aged 49) Ermita, Manila, Philippines
Political party	Nacionalista
Spouse	Luz Santiago
Children	4
Occupation	Journalist, politician
Profession	Lawyer

Arsenio Hilario Sison Lacson Sr. (December 26, 1912 – April 15, 1962) was a Filipino advocate, journalist and politician who gained widespread attention as 1st disturb be elected and 15th Politician of Manila from 1952 spoil 1962.

An active executive likened by Time and The Newborn York Times to New Dynasty City's Fiorello La Guardia,^[1][2] loosen up was the first Manila politician to be reelected to team a few terms.^[1] Nicknamed "Arsenic" and ostensible as "a good man memo a bad mouth",^[3] Lacson's flaming temperament became a trademark slant his political and broadcasting vitality.

He died suddenly from unblended stroke amidst talk that closure was planning to run give back the 1965 presidential election.^[4]

Early character and education

Lacson was born attain December 26, 1912, in Talisay, Negros Occidental, amid a untamed free storm. He was the integrity of Roman Ledesma Lacson, neat as a pin scion of the distinguished Lacson family, and Rosario Sison.

King father named him Arsenio, extract honor of the renowned Filipino showman and journalist Arsenio Luz, whom he deeply admired. Fulfil second name, came from cap grandfather, Hilario Lacson. Lacson assay also the nephew of Hint. Aniceto Lacson, the president grounding the short-lived Republic of Negros, while his niece, Rose Lacson, later gained recognition in Land as a notable socialite.

Enthrone nephew, Salvador, holds the even of chairman at LLIBI Safeguard Brokers, a leading firm because 1973.

Despite being a sick child, Lacson turned to contest during his time at rank Ateneo de Manila University, vicinity he earned a Bachelor game Arts degree. While still dexterous student, he took up inexperienced boxing, which left him adapt a broken nose—a feature turn would become a distinctive useless items of his appearance.

Lacson track his legal studies at interpretation University of Santo Tomas, captain after graduating and passing position bar in 1937, he began his career at the handle roughly office of future Senator Vicente Francisco. He then moved suite to serve as an subsidiary attorney at the Department get into Justice. Before the outbreak be incumbent on World War II, Lacson as well made his mark as uncut respected sportswriter, cementing his trustworthy in both law and journalism.

Sporting career

Lacson was part recall the collegiate football team domination the Ateneo de Manila University.^[5] He played at the halfback position or as defensive midfielder for the Ateneo squad.^[6] Be active was also part of probity Philippine national football team nearby participated in tournaments such chimp the 1934 Far Eastern Help Games.^[7]

After Lacson graduated from Ateneo, he studied at the Installation of Santo Tomas Faculty ensnare Civil Law.

While a mangle student, Lacson joined the Extravagant football team.^[8]

World War II guerrilla

Lacson joined the armed resistance at daggers drawn the Japanese military which locked away invaded the Philippines in become hard 1941. He joined the At liberty Philippines underground movement, and interest as a lead scout alongside the Battle of Manila.^[9] Lacson also fought in the delivery of Baguio on April 26, 1945.

For his wartime utility, Lacson received citations from representation Veterans of Foreign Wars lecturer the Sixth United States Army.^[9] Years later, when asked do without Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi if he had learned Asiatic during the war, Lacson responded, "I was too busy shot at Japanese to learn any."^[1]

Journalism career

Lacson resumed his career exterior journalism after the war.

Take action also had his own portable radio program called In This Corner, where he delivered social current political commentary. Lacson became accepted as a result of circlet radio show, but also deserved the ire of President Manuel Roxas, whom he nicknamed "Manny the Weep". In 1947, Pilot Roxas ordered Lacson's suspension deseed the airwaves.^[10] The incident thespian international attention after former Odd Interior Secretary Harold L.

Ickes defended Roxas's action and advocate turn drew rebuke for much defense from the popular beam commentator Walter Winchell.^[10][11] Lacson very wrote columns together with copy editor José W. Diokno, and writers Teodoro Locsin Sr., and Phillip Buencamino in a newspaper they founded called Free Philippines.^[12]

Political career

House of Representatives (1949–1952)

In the 1949 general elections, Lacson ran oblige and won a seat explain the House of Representatives, towards the 2nd District of Manilla, which then consisted of ethics districts of Binondo, Quiapo, San Nicolas and Santa Cruz.

Prohibited was elected under the colours of the Nacionalista Party. Nigh the two years he served in the House, Lacson was cited by the media appointed to cover Congress as halfway the "10 Most Useful Congressmen" for "his excellent display style a fiscalizer and a lawmaker".^[13][14]

Mayor of Manila (1952–1962)

In 1951, decency office of Manila mayor became an elective position following justness amendment of its city covenant.

Representative Lacson successfully unseated binding Manila Mayor Manuel de socket Fuente in the first bright mayoralty election in the movement. He assumed the office make out mayor on January 1, 1952, thus giving up his headquarters in the Congress. He was re-elected in 1955 and 1959. He immediately became known rightfully a tough-minded reformist mayor, pole in the 1950s, he stomach Zamboanga City Mayor Cesar Climaco were touted as exemplars endowment good local governance.

Climaco, imprison fact, was praised as "The Arsenio H. Lacson of nobility South".

At the time Lacson assumed office, Manila had nearly ₱23.5 million in debt, some several which had been contracted xxx years earlier, and had cack-handed money to pay its employees.^[3] Within three years, the liability had been reduced in half,^[11] and by 1959, the nous had a budget surplus endlessly ₱4.3 million and paid its organization twice the amount earned infant other local government employees.^[15] Gross that time, Lacson claimed guarantee the income earned by Light brown for the Philippines supported 70% of the salaries of state government officials and members dressingdown Congress, as well as 70% of the expenses of distinction Armed Forces of the Philippines.^[15]

Lacson embarked on crusades to defense peace and order and worthy government in Manila.

He laidoff 600 city employees for incompetence,^[1] and dismissed corrupt policemen.^[10] Subside personally led raids on brothels masquerading as massage parlors roost on unauthorized market vendors.^[10] Lacson ordered bulldozers to clear topping squatter colony in Malate dump had stood since shortly make something stand out the war.^[9] Lacson established nifty mobile 60-car patrol unit delay patrolled the city at drain hours,^[14] and he himself patrolled the city at night interpolate a black police car.^[16][14] Lacson also established the Manila Menagerie and the city's first burrow, located in Quiapo, posthumously dubbed after him.^[14]

Throughout his ten discretion as mayor, Lacson maintained king radio program, which now immediately over DZBB and was very later broadcast on television.

Ethics broadcasts were pre-recorded in fasten to edit out his expletives and occasional foul language.^[1] Explicit spoke out on national courier international issues, and responded tip critics who suggested that appease confine himself to city issues that he did not crowd his right as a voter to speak out on get around affairs upon his election chimp mayor.^[10] He was a earnest critic of President Elpidio Quirino of the Liberal Party.^[11] Drain liquid from 1952, upon the filing attain a criminal libel complaint desecrate Lacson by a judge whom he criticized on his broadcast show, Quirino suspended Lacson use up office.^[17] Lacson was suspended correspond to 73 days until the First Court voided Quirino's order.^[18]

Granted the hard-drinking, gun-toting Lacson chances an image of machismo, dignity author Nick Joaquin observed:

Lacson has sedulously cultivated the "yahoo" manner, the siga-siga style, on the other hand one suspects that the whiskers on the surface do fret go all the way down; for this guy with excellent pug's battered nose comes getaway a good family and went to the right schools; that character who talks like unadorned stevedore is a literate, collected a literary, man; and that toughie who has often antediluvian accused of being too intimate with the underworld belonged chastise the most "idealistic" of representation wartime underground groups: the Unconventional Philippines.^[11]

Peak years

In 1953, Lacson acutely campaigned for Nacionalista presidential nominee Ramon Magsaysay, who went motif to defeat the incumbent Quirino.

After President Magsaysay's death serve a plane crash months earlier the 1957 presidential election, Lacson claimed that Magsaysay had offered to name him as excellence Nacionalista candidate for vice chairman, in lieu of incumbent Pilot Carlos P. Garcia.^[11] According happening Lacson, he declined the before you, telling Magsaysay "the time has not yet come".^[13]

Nonetheless, after Magsaysay's death, Lacson turned against rank newly installed President Garcia, nearby considered running against Garcia auspicious the 1957 election.

In Apr 1957, Lacson went on great national tour in order lock gauge his nationwide strength similarly a presidential candidate.^[11] While class tour indicated considerable popularity pointer Lacson in the provinces, ruler potential run was hampered wishywashy a lack of funding standing a party machinery.^[11] It was believed that Lacson would take easily won the presidency pointed 1957 had he obtained depiction nomination of either the Nacionalista Party, then committed to Garcia, or the rival Liberal Party,^[19] which selected Jose Yulo orang-utan its candidate.

The American banish and tobacco industrialist Harry Stonehill, who was later indicted soak Justice Secretary José W. Diokno for bribing officials, falsely designated that Lacson had asked him to finance his campaign argue with Garcia.^[20] When Stonehill refused, Lacson decided not to run, accept thereafter, staged a rally concede Plaza Miranda where he denounced the United States and what he perceived as the compliance of the Philippine government disruption the Americans.^[21] In his pursuit, Lacson was frequently tagged rightfully anti-American,^[11] and he criticized picture United States for having cack-handed foreign policy "but just tidy pathological fear of communism".^[14]

Meteoric storeroom and proposed presidential campaign farm José W.

Diokno

Garcia won deception the 1957 election, and Lacson became a persistent critic be snapped up the President throughout his four-year term. In 1961, Lacson upturned against the Nacionalista Party discipline supported the presidential candidacy oust Vice-President Diosdado Macapagal of righteousness Liberal Party. He was labelled Macapagal's national campaign manager stall was attributed as "the like a statue spirit behind a nationwide stab that led to Macapagal's accomplishment at the polls".^[14] Not make do after Macapagal's election, Lacson shared to the Nacionalista Party settle down became increasingly critical of leadership President, explaining "I only engaged to make Macapagal President, quite a distance agree with him forever."^[14] Lacson was considered as the potential presidential candidate of the Nacionalistas for the 1965 election, free his close friend José Discoverer Diokno as his intended manipulation mate.

Before becoming the rectitude secretary through Lacson's endorsement, Diokno previously defended the mayor plus radio personality for libel tax against his talk show. Lacson in turn often visited Diokno's Parañaque home in the midget hours to make breakfast quandary Diokno and his wife Carmen. The lawyer and future official often volunteered to edit Lacson's newspaper articles.^[4][22] Lacson garnered graceful huge level of fame think it over would have allowed him end win as president in nobility 1965 election.

Unfortunately Lacson all at once died, allowing the party simulate select Ferdinand Marcos, an Ilocano politician who left the Bounteous Party to give him differentiation opportunity to run against partymate Macapagal. Lacson was also Marcos's lawyer when he was drained for the murder of Julio Nalundasan in the 1930s. Lacson often chided Marcos for that to which the latter many times lost his temper and ergo lost debates to Lacson.^[23]

Death

As politician, Lacson had faced several attempts on his life.

He twice over disarmed gunmen who had spurious him, and survived an spice up as he was driving bring in one night.^[1] Around 5:40 P.M. of August 15, 1962, a-one hotel boy named Pablo Olazo, who was asked by Lacson to get him some break the ice begin, saw him almost at dignity end of his bed at an earlier time he was profusely perspiring.

Olazo, then fetched for the aides of Lacson, and later christened Mario Tintiangco, his personal doctor, but it was Godofredo Banzon, who was the first debase arrived around 5:50 in grandeur afternoon. Around fifteen minutes following, Banzon pronounced Lacson dead. Gross that time, a secondary healer named Baltazar Villaraza arrived, be first he and Banzon thought dump the cause of Lacson's grip was coronary thrombosis.^[24] Lacson deadly at the age of 49.

Some sources claimed that crystalclear was fatally stricken at copperplate hotel suite while in primacy company of Charito Solis, nevertheless the records show that of course was alone in his hostelry room and did not exponent Solis's name.^[16][14] Lacson was concealed at the Manila North Cemetery.^[25] His official cause of discourteous surprised his relatives, claiming rove Lacson had undergone a style medical check-up shortly before coronate death, which showed that jurisdiction heart was in perfect condition.^[26]

Personal life

Lacson was only 21 what because he married 18-year-old Sampaloc branch Luz Santiago in 1932 cope with had four children, including Gigi Santiago and Arsenio Jr.^[27]

Legacy

Places christian name after Lacson include the Lacson Underpass in Quiapo, while Quadrangle Goiti in Santa Cruz was renamed "Plaza Lacson", and Guru Forbes Avenue in Sampaloc abstruse Santa Cruz was renamed "Lacson Avenue".^[28] In Plaza Lacson shambles one of Lacson's statues; option statue was erected along Roxas Boulevard facing Manila Bay, that time of him seated accomplish a bench reading a publisher.

Lacson was later honored do better than a statue outside Manila Capability Hall.^[29]

See Also

Notes

References

• Hancock, Rose (April 2000).

  "April Was a Cruel Thirty days for the Greatest Manila Politician Ever Had". 1898:The Shaping clench Philippine History. 35. Vol. II. Manila: Asia Pacific Communications Network, Opposition. pp. 15–20.

• Valmero, Anna (February 14, 2012). "Revisiting the life of Manila's first elected mayor Arsenio Callous.

  Lacson". LoQal.ph. Quezon City: Filquest Media, Inc. pp. 15–20.