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Lessons from Nationalist Struggle: Life of Emmanuel Quiason Yap
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An Unknown Chapter in Philippine History

Emmanuel Quiason Yap possessed a unique perspective on world affairs. This was largely a product of his upbringing and life experience, which underpinned his great love of country. Through his life, we see a clear view of the road not taken.
This book portrays one of the most significant and turbulent chapters in Philippine history in this context. The period from the late 1950s to the early 1970s witnessed a resurgence of the nationalist movement, the election of Ferdinand
Marcos as president, the establishment of the Communist Party of the Philippines, the First Quarter Storm, the bombing of Plaza Miranda, and the declaration of martial law.

Manoling Yap cast a different light on these events, including the roles of Marcos, and Ninoy and Cory Aquino. Inevitably, many disagreed with his analysis and some dismissed him as a Communist. Ironically, it was during this period that his career reached both its zenith and nadir.

Because of illness, he was unable to write his autobiography as he had always intended. But his analysis and interpretation of important events present an alternative viewpoint that must be known.

This is Manoling Yaps story

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Lessons from Nationalist Struggle

The Life of
Emmanuel Quiason Yap

Lessons from Nationalist Struggle:

The Life of Emmanuel Quiason Yap

by Jose Dalisay and Josef T. Yap

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Cover photograph from the Yap family archives, used with permission.

Book design by Jordan Santos (cover) and Ani V. Hablan (interior)

ISBN 9789712733154 (e-book)

Version 1.0.1

For Bianca, Elina, Isobel, J. Immanuel

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Acknowledgments

The authors received invaluable assistance in writing this book. Daniel Lorenzo Dino S. Pineda pored through the copious files and documents of Emmanuel Q. Yap to highlight suitable material for the biography. The following lent their generous time and insights through interviews, some through handwritten contributions: Daniel H. Dizon (+), Thomas Tom Halim, Angelita Yap Ledesma (+), Francisco Dodong Nemenzo, Jr., and Serafin D. Quiason, Jr. Camille V. Dela Rosa helped with the editing.

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A pa, as we his children called him, had a unique perspective on world affairs. This was largely a product of his upbringing and life experience which underpinned his great love of country. Apas razor-sharp intellect enabled him to condense complex political and socio-economic issues. He was regularly sought out by politicians, government officials, intellectuals, and military and civic leaders for advice.

One of the ideas he always espoused was: We Filipinos are all victims of an absurd pro-colonial dispensation on the verge of chaos Any President who merely tries to administer this decadent dispensation without fundamentally overhauling and rectifying its pro-colonial character is bound to fail the people and become victim of this dispensations built-in contradictions and antagonisms.

Many of course disagreed with Apas views and beliefs. Some even branded him a Communist. But history has a way of revealing the truth. Take for example the conventional wisdom that the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution heralded a new era for Philippine society. Yet no fundamental change took place. Thirty years after this historic eventby now it is clear it wasnt a revolutionthe Philippines has fallen farther behind Malaysia and Thailand in terms of economic development. Indonesia and China have already overtaken us. Poverty incidence in the Philippines is higher than in Indonesia, Vietnam and China, and barely lower than Cambodia. Many prominent personalities who were at the helm during the martial law regime remain in the echelons of power. No member of the military has been convicted for human rights violations. No one has been incarcerated for plundering the countrys coffers during martial law. Even the roles of Ferdinand Marcos and Ninoy and Cory Aquino in contemporary Philippine history have to be reevaluated, and Apa cast a different perspective on this.

In this context, we believe that Apas analysis and interpretation of important events in his lifetime present an alternative viewpoint that must be known. We regret that he was not able to write his biography as he always intended. But we believe that Filipinos have to learn about his life in order to appreciate his views and principles, and hopefully better understand Philippine history. We, the children of Professor Emmanuel Quiason Yap, have embarked on this project. This is Apas story.

Emmanuel Q. Yap [EQY] upon graduating from high school, circa 1949

W hen Emmanuel Quiason Yap died all of a sudden on September 26, 2011, very few Filipinos knew what they had lost. It was almost as if a stranger had walked into a sleeping household, had left a precious gift in their midst, and then walked away; waking up in the morning, the family members see the object and wonder what it was and who brought it there, but they cannot recognize its value, and so put it aside.

His peers and colleagues would recognize and refer to him, even within his lifetime, as a visionary, an astute student and critic of his nations political and economic fortunes, a shaper of minds whose firm nationalist beliefs might have led the Philippines on to another track of growth and progress. He was an adviser to presidents, senators, and congressmen; for a time, he headed an economic planning office for the House of Representatives; he helped to foster stronger diplomatic ties between the Philippines and socialist countries; and he founded a popular movement to promote patriotism among Filipinos. In various venues over many decades, including a newspaper column, he campaigned strenuously for a more independent foreign policy, a more self-reliant economy, and for greater justice in a society riven by exploitation and oppression.

Manoling Yap, in other words, was a reformer, a man who never tired of thinking how life might yet be bettered. And he was no armchair dreamer, but someone who took his battles to the political arena, risking his life and freedom in pursuit of his principles. But as many, if not most, reformers soon discover, Manoling Yap would often find his idealism opposed, rejected, or even taken advantage of by others resigned to a more cynical view of things.

The third of six children, Emmanuel was born on December 9, 1931 in Angeles, Pampanga to Jose Lao Yap and Lydia Aguilar Quiason. The six children were born within ten years: Edgardo, born December 3, 1927; Leonides, born April 22, 1929; Emmanuel, born December 9, 1931; the only girl Angelita, born March 14, 1934; Joselito, born November 5, 1936; and Melchor, born January 6, 1940.

Like many Chinese immigrants, Manolings grandfather Jose Carlos Yap Siong left Fujian to find work in the Philippines, where he met and married Maria Lim Lao; the marriage produced an only son, Jose Yap.

The Yaps operated a distillery that manufactured rice wine in Angeles, on Rizal Street in Barrio San Nicolas, close to the public market. The house he and his siblings grew up in was burned during the Second World War, but the house that replaced it is still there. Manolings father Jose and mother Lydia met in Pampanga. Lydias family had owned a music store in Raon, Manilas music center. Music would remain an important influence in Manolings life.

A Capampangan-Chinese background

The esteemed historian Dr. Serafin Danganan Jun Quiason, Jr. was Manolings first cousin on his maternal side. Being just a little older than Manoling, he grew close to the younger boy: We became close playmates, spending the best and halcyon days of our teenage lives in Culiat. His later training as a historian would give Dr. Quiason a unique view of the family:

Manoling was born into a strong Capampangan-Chinese mestizo background. His grandfather, Yap Siong, a young immigrant from Fujian, settled in Angeles, and prospered in his distillery plant. In time, he was a man to be reckoned with financially. His grandfather married Maria Lao with whom he had an

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