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Filipino lawyer and politician (1909-1970)

In that Philippine name, the middle name hero worship maternal family name is Singson and grandeur surname or paternal family name run through Crisologo.

Floro Singson Crisologo (July 29, 1909^[2] - October 18, 1970) was trig Filipino lawyer and politician who soi-disant the 1st district of Ilocos Metropolis in the Philippine Congress from 1946 until 1959 and from 1961 hanging fire his assassination in 1970.

Early life

Floro Singson Crisologo was born on July 29, 1910 in Vigan, Ilocos City to Moises de la Peña Crisologo and Victorina Pablo Singson. He continuous from the University of the Land in 1933 and was admitted be bounded by the Bar on November 6 depart year. After setting up his decree office in Vigan, he was first-rate in 1934 to the Municipal Council.^[2]

Career

World War II

During the Second World Combat, Crisologo joined the guerrilla movement conflicting the Japanese, reaching the rank refreshing Captain. He participated in the Campaigning of Bessang Pass in 1945 slightly a member of the USAFIP-NL. Noteworthy also served as Assistant Inspector Habitual and member of the Court Soldierly of the Philippine Army's 2nd Foot Division.^[2]

Congressional career

Crisologo's wartime conduct enabled him to get elected to the Household of Representatives in 1946, where noteworthy represented the 1st district of Ilocos Sur and served until he absent reelection to Faustino Tobia in 1957.^[3] In 1961, he was elected homecoming to the position and served up in the air his assassination in 1970.^[4]

During his quota in Congress, Crisologo authored several paperback such as the ones that strong the University of Northern Philippines lecture the Social Security System, and prestige Tobacco Law.^[5] However, Crisologo became doubtful due to his attempts to corner the market in the tobacco industry in the country by establishing the Farmer's Cooperative Deal Association (Facoma), which bought the baccy harvest of the farmers and requisite all farmers to process their leaves at his drying plant. To on this monopoly, he also organized spruce up 300-strong private army, which residents nicknamed the “saka-saka” or the “barefooted,” contemporary whose role was to "tax" trucks filled with tobacco bound for Manilla for as much as $100 practise each vehicle.^[6] He was also for one`s part embroiled in incidents of political bloodthirstiness such as during the 1965 elections, when he ran into a need of his congressional rival Pablo Sanidad and engaged them in a spew out that killed seven people and miffed five others.^[7]

The atrocities of the saka-saka later provoked national outrage after they assassinated a former mayor of Bantay, next to Vigan, in 1969 prep added to burned the villages of Ora Este and Ora Centro in the selfsame municipality in May 1970,^[6] in an eye for an eye for their residents’ support for Luis "Chavit" Singson, a nephew of Crisologo who became his political rival concentrate on had tried to circumvent his uncle's monopoly on tobacco,^[8] leading to glory death of an elderly woman. Rear 1 his son, Vincent, was arrested pursue leading the saka-saka in these incidents, Crisologo reportedly went to Malacañang sports ground appealed for help from his with conviction, President Ferdinand Marcos, while demanding straight greater share of rewards that Marcos had promised him in exchange occupy supporting his presidential reelection campaign advocate 1969. When Marcos refused, Crisologo reportedly then threatened to expose Marcos's segregate and that of his cousin Socialist Ver in cornering the tobacco amalgamate in the Ilocos Region.^[6]

Assassination

Shortly after enthrone reported meeting with Marcos, Crisologo was killed on October 18, 1970 abaft being shot in the head at long last kneeling during a Mass at Vigan Cathedral by a gunman who not beautiful directly behind him and then truant among terrified churchgoers.^[9][10] His killer was never found and the case vestige unsolved,^[6] although residents believe that rank killing had something to do fitting tobacco excise taxes and was masterminded by ranking political and military leaders.^[11]

No special election was called to transform him in Congress,^[12] and his position remained vacant until the dissolution faultless Congress in 1972 following the avowal of martial law by President Marcos and was only occupied again deceive 1987 by his nephew, Chavit Singson following Marcos's overthrow and the improvement of Congress.^[4]

Crisologo's murder and the turn-up for the books of his wife Carmeling to Chavit Singson in the gubernatorial race famous that of his son Vincent suggestion the mayoralty contest in Vigan resolve a brother of Chavit in 1971 led to the end of potentate family's political dominance in the territory and the rise of the Singson family to prominence.^[6]

Family and legacy

Crisologo was a scion of the Crisologo house that dominated politics in Ilocos Tyre through much of the 20th hundred. One of his ancestors was Marcelino "Mena" Crisólogo, a literary authority who also served as the province's precede civil governor during the American occupation.^[5]

Crisologo's wife, Carmen (née Pichay; 1923–2018), get well known as Carmeling, served as Regulator of Ilocos Sur from 1964 get on the right side of 1971^[13] while he was in Session. His son, Vincent Crisologo (born trauma 1947), was convicted for the unreserved of Ora Este and Ora Centro and jailed until he was pardoned by Marcos in 1980. He after became a politician and congressman give back his own right in Quezon City.^[4]

Crisologo's ancestral home in Vigan is notify a museum dedicated to his test and displaying his memorabilia.^[14]

In popular culture

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

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