Unexplained wealth, cheating (and good looks) dictating the results of elections, congressmen giving themselves backpay amid the destruction of World War II... What was politics like in the time of Emilio Aguinaldo, Manuel L. Quezon, and Elpidio Quirino? Not very different from today, as historian Ambeth Ocampo tells sociologist, writer, and leading public intellectual Randy David.

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