Leaders From Marcos to Arroyo
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“A very compelling book that is hard to put down once you start reading it” ---- Dr. Edgardo Quisumbing, Ph . D.,
“So many revealing facts I ‘m worried Adaza is leaving himself open to legal suits” …. Jose Alvarez, businessman,
“I am glad Adaza is still around and still kicking butt. We need people like him to turn the country around and put some sense to all Filipinos” --- Jaime Reyes, artist,
“This book is not only interesting but very enjoyable to read. What re revealed about Ninoy and Doy made me glad they never became president” --- Fernando Manuel, nurse,
“Adaza’s revealation that President Ramos searched for gold in the grounds of the Philippine Embassy grounds in
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About the Book
A very compelling account by former Governor Homobono A. Adaza of Misamis Oriental, one of the most outspoken critics of the national government, on his personal encounters with Philippine presidents and other leaders who could have been president.
Adaza believes he has a better perspective of our country's leaders because he conversations with them during their unguarded moments when there were no cameras and their body language and verbal comments were not measured nor scripted.
Adaza also writes in great detail about his involvements in all the major political events in the Philippines: from the election of President Ferdinand Marcos in 1965, the dark days of martial law, the end of the Mrcos dictatorship in 1986, the election of Corazon Aquino as president, the coup plots against her administration, the search for gold in the Philippine embassy grounds in Tokyo, Japan during the Ramos administration, the ouster of President Estrada in EDSA II and the recent "Garci tapes" scandal in the current Arroyo administration.
As Filipinos prepare for the coming May 2010 presidential elections, Adaza passionately emphasizes the qualities of leadership the future president must possess and the programs to be pursued for the
A must read for every Filipino who cares for his country, loves history and follows the world of Philippine politics.
About the Author
Homobono A. Adaza is one of the most controversial lawyers and leading opposition figures in the Philippines for the last 50 years.
Born in the island of Camiguin in Mindanao, he was a consistent honor student from elementary up to law school. He holds, unbroken until today, the record of being the only student to be twice editor of the UP Collegian, the official student publication of the University of the Philippines.
As a student leader, brilliant writer, lawyer and charismatic speaker, it was natural for Adaza to gravitate towards politics with an ambitious desire to be president of the Philippines.
He spent more than a year as a political prisoner when President Marcos declared martial law on September 21, 1972.
After his release, Adaza organized the first regional opposition party, the Mindanao Alliance, to oppose the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL), the vaunted political machine of President Marcos, in the 1978 parliamentary elections. The MA party candidates won the election but lost the count. Undaunted, Adaza ran for governor of Misamis Oriental in the 1980 local elections and became one of only two opposition governors who won in that election.
As a leading opposition figure, Adaza is the only person alive today who can claim to be an active participant in all of the major political events in the country: from the end of the Marcos dictatorship, the rise of Corazon Aquino to the presidency, the coup plots against her administration, the ouster of President Estrada in EDSA II and the current struggle for the people against the abuses of the graft-ridden
current administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.