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Jorge V. Tigno
Spanish regime-limited form of suffrage Only the principales were eligible to run as gobernadorcillo American regime the Philippine Commission headed by William Howard Taft
Partido Naciolnalista Union Obrera Partido Conservador Partido Democrata (Sergio Osmena)-the necessity of two opposing parties for a popular government Republic Party (Gregorio Aglipay, 1904)-to ally with Americans
Schurman Commission (1902) Philippine selfgovernment starting with the creation of the Philippine Assembly in 1907
To
Partido Nacional Progresista-Annexation to gradual independence Partido Union Nacionalista-immediate independence without foreign aid Partido Independista-eventual independence with foreign aid Partido Nacionalista-Maneul L. Quezon and Sergio Osmena
Nationalist Party (59 seats) Sergio Osmena-speaker Progressive Party (16 seats) Independent Parties Partido Democrata Nacional (Teodoro Sandiko, 1912) Teceristas Jones Law (1916) Election of the 1st Philippine Senate Democratic Party (1917) National Democrat + Progressive parties Partido Nacionalista-Collectivista/ Unipersonalista (1922)
Osmena-rule of the dominant party (Collectivista) Quezon-popular election for the leader (Unipersonalista)
The End of Opposition Parties and the Rise of the Hegemonic Party
WHAT FACTORS WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE PRAGMATIC AND NONIDEOLOGICAL NATURE OF PARTIES THAT EMERGED THE PREWAR PERIOD?