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 | | Bishop Gregorio Aglipay, "supreme head" of the Philippine Independent Church, endorsed Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo for president in the presidential election on September 17, 1935. |
 | | In May 1935, supporters of Aguinaldo headed by Bishop Gregorio Aglipay, Senator Emiliano Tria Tirona, Delegate Sotto, Councillor Geronimo Santiago (later father-in-law of Mayor Arsenio H. Lacson) and former judges tendered a banquet in honor of Gen. Aguinaldo at the Manila Grand Opera House after accepting his nomination as candidate of Partido Socialista Nacional. |
 | | Analysts in 1935 believed Aglipay’s abandonment of Gen. Aguinaldo had diverted votes from the general to the church’s supremo. |
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