What legacy does diosdado macapagal left to the Filipinos?

Answer 1

As to the legacies that he had left us,, the one's that really made an indelible imprint in the Philippine setting was when he reset the date of Philippine independence from July 4 ( the Independence proclaimed on July 4, 1946, when the country was liberated by the U.S. from the Japanese colonizers) to June 12 (when Aguinaldo declared our independence on June 12, 1898 in Kawit Cavite). Moreover, during his incumbency he enacted the Agricultural Land Reform Code thus abolishing the long time tenancy system. When he was still a congressman of the first district of Pampanga he authored the Foregn Service Act in 1952. During his presidency also, MAPHILINDO was formed (considered to be the forerunner of ASEAN). He initiated also the use of a socioeconomic program during his term.