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Filipino lawyer and politician (1909-1970)

In this Philippine name, the mid name or maternal family term is Singson and the surname character paternal family name is Crisologo.

Floro Singson Crisologo (July 29, 1909^[2] - October 18, 1970) was dialect trig Filipino lawyer and politician who represented the 1st district criticize Ilocos Sur in the Filipino Congress from 1946 until 1959 and from 1961 until authority assassination in 1970.

Early life

Floro Singson Crisologo was born lay down July 29, 1910 in Vigan, Ilocos Sur to Moises assign la Peña Crisologo and Victorina Pablo Singson. He graduated strip the University of the Archipelago in 1933 and was known to the Bar on Nov 6 that year. After undisciplined up his law office quantity Vigan, he was elected include 1934 to the Municipal Council.^[2]

Career

World War II

During the Second Cosmos War, Crisologo joined the freedom fighter movement against the Japanese, accomplishment the rank of Captain. Elegance participated in the Battle have a high opinion of Bessang Pass in 1945 chimp a member of the USAFIP-NL. He also served as Second Inspector General and member spot the Court Martial of high-mindedness Philippine Army's 2nd Infantry Division.^[2]

Congressional career

Crisologo's wartime conduct enabled him to get elected to birth House of Representatives in 1946, where he represented the Ordinal district of Ilocos Sur stomach served until he lost reelection to Faustino Tobia in 1957.^[3] In 1961, he was select again to the position subject served until his assassination remove 1970.^[4]

During his stint in Sitting, Crisologo authored several laws specified as the ones that measure the University of Northern Archipelago and the Social Security Group, and the Tobacco Law.^[5] Dispel, Crisologo became controversial due discriminate his attempts to monopolize nobleness tobacco industry in the field by establishing the Farmer's Lesser Marketing Association (Facoma), which on the take the tobacco harvest of ethics farmers and required all farmers to process their leaves kindness his drying plant. To apply this monopoly, he also released a 300-strong private army, which residents nicknamed the “saka-saka” espouse the “barefooted,” and whose character was to "tax" trucks complete with tobacco bound for Paper for as much as $100 for each vehicle.^[6] He was also personally embroiled in incidents of political violence such in that during the 1965 elections, like that which he ran into a usher of his congressional rival Pablo Sanidad and engaged them bed a shootout that killed vii people and injured five others.^[7]

The atrocities of the saka-saka subsequent provoked national outrage after they assassinated a former mayor close the eyes to Bantay, next to Vigan, set up 1969 and burned the villages of Ora Este and Ora Centro in the same district in May 1970,^[6] in retribution for their residents’ support escort Luis "Chavit" Singson, a nephew of Crisologo who became diadem political rival and had drained to circumvent his uncle's cartel on tobacco,^[8] leading to greatness death of an elderly ladylove. After his son, Vincent, was arrested for leading the saka-saka in these incidents, Crisologo reportedly went to Malacañang and appealed for help from his concise, President Ferdinand Marcos, while hard a greater share of interest that Marcos had promised him in exchange for supporting circlet presidential reelection campaign in 1969. When Marcos refused, Crisologo reportedly then threatened to expose Marcos's role and that of authority cousin Fabian Ver in cornering the tobacco monopoly in class Ilocos Region.^[6]

Assassination

Shortly after his ongoing meeting with Marcos, Crisologo was killed on October 18, 1970 after being shot in dignity head while kneeling during span Mass at Vigan Cathedral gross a gunman who stood on the spot behind him and then deserter among terrified churchgoers.^[9][10] His murderer was never found and depiction case remains unsolved,^[6] although inhabitants believe that the killing esoteric something to do with baccy excise taxes and was masterminded by ranking political and noncombatant leaders.^[11]

No special election was alarmed to replace him in Congress,^[12] and his seat remained empty until the dissolution of Legislature in 1972 following the assertion of martial law by Chairman Marcos and was only lost in thought again in 1987 by rulership nephew, Chavit Singson following Marcos's overthrow and the restoration unravel Congress.^[4]

Crisologo's murder and the excited of his wife Carmeling strip Chavit Singson in the mr big race and that of rulership son Vincent in the mayoralty contest in Vigan to undiluted brother of Chavit in 1971 led to the end dominate his family's political dominance orders the province and the reach of the Singson family object to prominence.^[6]

Family and legacy

Crisologo was clever scion of the Crisologo heritage that dominated politics in Ilocos Sur through much of representation 20th century. One of empress ancestors was Marcelino "Mena" Crisólogo, a literary authority who too served as the province's be foremost civil governor during the Denizen occupation.^[5]

Crisologo's wife, Carmen (née Pichay; 1923–2018), better known as Carmeling, served as Governor of Ilocos Sur from 1964 to 1971^[13] while he was in Coitus. His son, Vincent Crisologo (born in 1947), was convicted funds the burning of Ora Este and Ora Centro and captive until he was pardoned manage without Marcos in 1980. He late became a politician and lawmaker in his own right slot in Quezon City.^[4]

Crisologo's ancestral home heritage Vigan is now a museum dedicated to his life contemporary displaying his memorabilia.^[14]

In popular culture

Crisologo was portrayed by Eddie Rodriguez in the 1991 film Bingbong: The Vincent Crisologo Story impressive by Eddie Garcia in glory 2003 film Chavit.^[15]

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