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| | The Philippine Presidency Project |
 | | Presidents being inaugurated at the Quirino Grandstand could thus look out on a historic vista: the monument of the nation hero, on whose death anniversary presidents took their oath of office, and the Filipino flag, commemorating the proclamation of freedom in 1898 and its restoration in 1946. |
 | | It is wrong, totally, and absolutely wrong, and ignorant, to call the president “the President of the Republic of the Philippines.” The constitutionally-mandated, and thus, restricted, title for the chief executive of the country is the “President of the Philippines.” That is the title used in the Constitution and the president’s oath of office. |
 | | Presidents Magsaysay (yes, even he, the Man of the Masses), Macapagal and Marcos, all inaugurated wearing the baro, all wore formal striped trousers at their inaugurations.Today of course, we are completely ignorant of proper protocol. |
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