REMEMBERING THE LEGACY OF SALVADOR DOY LAUREL (November 18, 1928-January 27, 2004): The genesis of United Nationalist Democratic Organization or UNIDO was originally intended simply as a marriage of convenience between two erstwhile formidable opposition parties: the Liberal Party and Nacionalista Party. UNIDO was to be under the joint leadership of Senator Gerry Roxas (Liberal wing) and Speaker Pepe Laurel (Nacionalista wing), older brother of Doy. However with the untimely death of Senator Roxas, co-chairman of UNIDO, the party disregarded the previous dual leadership arrangement and ended with the election of Doy Laurel as the new sole president. UNIDO was to become a potent umbrella organization for the opposition in the ‘80s under Doy Laurel’s audacious tutelage; cobbling together disparate opposition groups seeking to remove Marcos from power through peaceful means.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 05:28:05 +0000
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