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Japanese Military Administration Announcement of the Voluntary Dissolution of All Political Parties in the Philippines (1942)

In this connection, the Imperial Japanese Forces sincerely desire that all the people in the Philippines come to an even deeper understanding of the realities of the present, and to a more profound appreciation of the critical problems confronting this country today, and armed with a spirit of cooperation and affection, march arm in arm with each other and, pulling as one man, render their unstinted devotion and willing sacrifice to the realization of their common ideal—the rapid reconstruction of their country to a position of honor and trust in the Co-Prosperity Sphere.
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Japanese Military Administration Announcement of the Voluntary Dissolution of All Political Parties in the Philippines (1942)

Today, all vestiges of American power and authority in the Philippines have been completely obliterated and this country, after being freed from the heavy shackles of American domination, under whose foreign and unnatural suzerainty she has suffered for the last 40-odd years, returns to her former Oriental self, and with courage and fortitude, proudly faces the dawn of a new day, the start of a new era, full of hope and faith in her glorious future.
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Japanese Military Administration Announcement of the Voluntary Dissolution of All Political Parties in the Philippines (1942)

A brief study of the political history of the Philippines reveals that there has always been a strong tendency among the people to believe that a democratic and representative form of government is impossible unless political parties exist. On the other hand, it has been the common experience of all countries in the past that it is an inherent characteristic of political parties to invariably place first importance on party interests and party gains, sacrificing, at times, the good of the people whenever these two interests conflicted.
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