Sotero Baluyut

Sotero Julao Baluyut (born Sotero Baluyut y Julao; January 3, 1889 – January 6, 1975), also known as Sotero Baluyot, was a Filipino politician and civil engineer. He served as Governor of Pampanga from 1925 to 1931 and 1938 to 1941, Secretary of Public Works and the Interior and Senator of the Philippines from 1931 to 1935. Due to his role during the Pampanga unrests in the 1930s and early 1940s, he was perceived as one of the "arch enemies" of the peasantry. According to him in 1940, the Cawals were composed of 14,000 members who "pledged not to use violence, and never to strike without the approval or sanction of the government, and above all never to resort to sabotage." The violence in Pampanga became so severe that President Manuel L. Quezon ordered the army and Philippine Constabulary to control the situation. Baluyut was considered a foe of the Aguman ding Maldang Talapagobra (AMT) and similar peasant organizations operating in the province.