Manuel Morato
Philippine politician
Manuel "Manoling" Lim Morato (November 17, 1935 – July 30, 2021) was a Filipino politician and television host who previously served as chairperson of both the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).
Early life and family
Manuel Morato was born on November 17, 1935, the eldest son of Tomás Morató, who became the first Mayor of Quezon City, and Consuelo Eclavea Lim. He would later have 11 other siblings, including a brother, Francisco, who is a doctor and lawyer, and a sister, Elvira, the grandmother of actor Jake Cuenca.
In 2019, Morato and his siblings were involved in a dispute over their family's ancestral home at 99 Scout Gandia Street in Quezon City, allegedly because the property had been sold to a developer by his youngest brother, José ("Pepito"), without the other siblings agreeing to the sale.
In government
Morato was appointed by President Corazon Aquino in 1986 as Chairman of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board. A strict Catholic moralist who proclaimed the value of celibacy, Morato quickly earned the ire of the movie industry with his ultraconservatism, which led to a crackdown on films that were deemed immoral or having illicit content. Among them were local pornographic movies, the Martin Scorsese film The Last Temptation of Christ, which was banned over its alleged anti-religion theme and the locally produced films Dear Uncle Sam and Lino Brocka's Orapronobis, which dealt with the US Bases issue and human rights, respectively.
In the 1992 elections, Morato ran for the position of Philippine senator but lost.
In the 1998 elections, he founded the Partido Bansang Marangal (Noble Nation Party) and ran for President with Camilo Sabio as his running mate, but lost to Vice President Joseph Estrada, earning last place in the results.
In the 2001 elections, he ran for the position of senator and again lost.
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