Talk:Bell Trade Act

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One U.S. State Department official described the law as "clearly inconsistent with the basic foreign economic policy of this country" and a betrayal of "our promise to grant the Philippines genuine independence."

Protests throughout the Philippines denounced the Bell Trade Act. Even the reliably pro-American Philippine President Sergio Osmena called it a "curtailment of Philippine sovereignty, virtual nullification of Philippine independence."

This amendment could be obtained only with the approval of three-quarters of the members of the House and Senate and a plebiscite.

The denial of seats in the House to six members of the leftist Democratic Alliance and three Nacionalistas on grounds of fraud and violent campaign tactics during the April 1946 election enabled Roxas to gain legislative approval on September 18.

The definition of three-quarters became an issue because three-quarters of the sitting members, not the full House and Senate, had approved the amendment, but the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the administration's interpretation.

In March 1947, a plebiscite on the amendment was held; only 40 percent of the electorate participated, but the majority of those approved the amendment.

The Bell Act, particularly the parity clause, was seen by critics as an inexcusable surrender of national sovereignty. The pressure of the sugar barons, particularly those of Roxas's home region of the western Visayan Islands, and other landowner interests, however, was irresistible.

Signed: Travb (talk) 18:31, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

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I took off the POV tag- No discussion here why it was put up, though the content that was deleted by Travb might have been the text under review. I definitely could imagine that this article was written/edited by someone with a negative POV, but I don't see it clearly reflected in the article. I'm not sure what really qualifies though, so someone could re-insert it with a comment here describing the rationale.

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Na isusulong ang pagpapatibay ng parity rights 175.176.87.36 (talk) 12:31, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

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Hghlh bvv 175.176.81.80 (talk) 03:32, 26 March 2022 (UTC)