1,500 years Before Cory, the land of Lawang-Lawa gains independence after its warriors defeat a combined occupation force composed of Spaniards, Americans and Japanese.
Juan engages on a difficult but ultimately successful campaign against a wealthier and ruthless Manhik Manaog, who goes as far as hiring a Nazi to train his private army on how to intimidate voters and steal the election.
They convince him to do their bidding in Congress by making him act as an incompetent politician who promotes corruption, crime and red tape, despite warnings by Shooli and Juan's love interest, Manhik Manaog's daughter Zorayda.
At the next electoral campaign, Juan is savagely beaten up by his constituents, but manages to recover and harangue them for how their personalistic expectations and demands on him as a politician forced him to engage in corrupt activities after he became mired in debt.
In some versions, the appeal is followed by an on-text manifesto by civil society organizations referring to the upcoming 1992 Philippine presidential election before the credits roll.