June 12 may be our official declaration of Independence and many academicians debated this and even fought for it in the halls of Congress, because before, we celebrate July 4 as our Independence date. Now, I am convinced that even June 12 is not the official date when we declared our independence. It is August 26 when the forces of the Katipunan led by Andres Bonifacio declared freedom and independence and eventually created a de facto government shortly after that.
June 12 is debatable because at that time, the succession was illegitimate. Emilio Aguinaldo's election as President was questionable. Indeed, that Tejeros Convention event where an election was called, was rigged and Bonifacio formally declared it as such and did not recognize it. Bonifacio had at that time, the authority and the power to declare such electoral exercise as illegitimate because he was the Supremo, elected in an earlier electoral exercise by members of the Katipunan. The Katipunan at that time, was acting as government in several liberated areas, not just in Cavite. The fact was, the base of the Republic was in the mountains of Caloocan. Caloocan was the hotbed of the revolutionary government, and this government was largely recognized by the people as their own legitimate government.
Those who recognize Aguinaldo as the legitimate president of the Republic were members of the Cavite branch of the Katipunan revolutionary government. When these elements seized and eventually executed Bonifacio, it was an act of defiance against the existing legitimate Katipunan government. Fact was, it was a criminal act, an act of treason. Aguinaldo and his cohorts deserve the death penalty.
Who, then, replaced Bonifacio shortly after his death? Documents point to General Emilio Jacinto, the confidente and loyal member of the Katipunan. Jacinto never recognized Aguinaldo's authority. The bulk of the Katipunan, led by Macario Sakay, a Tondo resident, also did not recognize Aguinaldo's power. Most Katipuneros saw the ruse, that explains why Aguinaldo's forces suffered numerous defeats shortly after he assumed power and killed Bonifacio because Aguinaldo did not get most of the support he expected from the Katipuneros.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Our True Independence Day
If you ask me, this is not the day of our independence. This is the date when the traitors of the true Katipunan revolution unfurled that flag in the balcony of the home of the blackest of all traitors--Emilio Aguinaldo at Kawit Cavite.
Months prior to this incident, independence has been declared by the forces of the Supremo, Andres Bonifacio in the hills of Mandaluyong, but no historian tried to raise a howl for government to take notice and change history.
When Aguinaldao declared independence on June 12, 1898, Spanish forces were still fighting Philippine revolutionary forces. Though the Spanish fleet were destroyed by American warships over at the Manila Bay, there were still major skirmishes by Spanish colonial forces with those of Aguinaldo's. Likewise, no other country recognized what Aguinaldo did.
If you ask me, this is the same situation as what the Supremo encountered when he led revolutionary forces in the Independence fight in Mandaluyong. Yes, I admit, shortly after that declaration in the hills of Mandaluyong, the forces of the Supremo continued on their struggle against the Spaniards. Yet, that battle was the tipping point by which all other battles were based upon.
The Supremo's forces made Montalban, the hub of all revolutionary activity following the defeat of Spanish forces. Various groups of Patriotic Filipinos recognized the government established by the Supremo there. Had the Supremo lived the Tejeros betrayal, Bonifacio would have continued on acting and leading the charge as the First Philippine president.
Aguinaldo's Treachery
As early as his induction into the Katipunan ranks, Aguinaldo has been the subject of suspicions and doubts by the leaders of the group. For one, Aguinaldo maintained his strong relations with the priests of Cavite who reported directly to the Spanish colonial government in Manila. Aguinaldo's stance in every Katipunan meeting ran contrary to the Katipunan's assessment of the war.
Aguinaldo's treachery was exposed when he did not order the charge towards Manila to assist the Katipuneros in their fight against Spanish forces in San Juan del MOnte and that in Santa Mesa in Manila. The agreement was the Katipuneros of Cavite would charge when they see the signal of the Supremo. Aguinaldo hesitated. That hesitation nearly caused the defeat of the revolutionary forces that day. It was only the Supremo's quick thinking that saved the day for the Katipunan.
Months prior to this incident, independence has been declared by the forces of the Supremo, Andres Bonifacio in the hills of Mandaluyong, but no historian tried to raise a howl for government to take notice and change history.
When Aguinaldao declared independence on June 12, 1898, Spanish forces were still fighting Philippine revolutionary forces. Though the Spanish fleet were destroyed by American warships over at the Manila Bay, there were still major skirmishes by Spanish colonial forces with those of Aguinaldo's. Likewise, no other country recognized what Aguinaldo did.
If you ask me, this is the same situation as what the Supremo encountered when he led revolutionary forces in the Independence fight in Mandaluyong. Yes, I admit, shortly after that declaration in the hills of Mandaluyong, the forces of the Supremo continued on their struggle against the Spaniards. Yet, that battle was the tipping point by which all other battles were based upon.
The Supremo's forces made Montalban, the hub of all revolutionary activity following the defeat of Spanish forces. Various groups of Patriotic Filipinos recognized the government established by the Supremo there. Had the Supremo lived the Tejeros betrayal, Bonifacio would have continued on acting and leading the charge as the First Philippine president.
Aguinaldo's Treachery
As early as his induction into the Katipunan ranks, Aguinaldo has been the subject of suspicions and doubts by the leaders of the group. For one, Aguinaldo maintained his strong relations with the priests of Cavite who reported directly to the Spanish colonial government in Manila. Aguinaldo's stance in every Katipunan meeting ran contrary to the Katipunan's assessment of the war.
Aguinaldo's treachery was exposed when he did not order the charge towards Manila to assist the Katipuneros in their fight against Spanish forces in San Juan del MOnte and that in Santa Mesa in Manila. The agreement was the Katipuneros of Cavite would charge when they see the signal of the Supremo. Aguinaldo hesitated. That hesitation nearly caused the defeat of the revolutionary forces that day. It was only the Supremo's quick thinking that saved the day for the Katipunan.
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