Is it Aguinaldo or is it Bonifacio?
Recent discoveries point out to BONIFACIO. In the Kartilya (Constitution) ng Katipunan, Bonifacio called the Philippines not Republika ng Pilipinas but Republika ng Katagalogan. Further, he defined "Katagalogan" as the entire archipelago and all its native residents as Tagalogs. "Filipinos" or "Pilipinos" at that time was defined as not native residents but mestizos.
At the early stages of the Katipunan, Aguinaldo was just the equivalent of chief of the Armed Froces. When he assumed power, even his letterheads bore the heading Republika ng Katagalogan.
History has recored the fact that Aguinaldo went into exile after being paid 400,000 pesos by the Spaniards but it does not record the fact that he called the people who did not agree on an exile as "Bandidos." The question is where did the money go?
During the Pact of Biak na Bato, negotiations with the Spaniards, Aguinaldo proposed a power sharing and to an extent even submitted a new design of coins: The Royal Crown of Spain on one side and on the obverse, the seal of the Katipunan.
At the height of the Spanish-American War, Aguinaldo, while exiled in Hong Kong, offered the US Consul in Singapore hbis services as an intermediary between the Americans and Spanish Government in the Philippines. Hence, Dewey had him fetch from Hong Kong and rushed to Manila.
Seeing that his former allies, the very same people he called 'bandidos', were still up in arms, he saw the opportunity to again assume power and this time go against the Americans. Several revolutionary factions did not approve of Aguinaldo's actions and as a result, they established their own governments like The Revolutionary Tribunal that even authorized the issuance of their own stamps on July 1, 1898; the Cantonal Government of Bohol, established in August 1898, and remained in control of the entire Bohol Island until late 1899 or about a year after Spain ceded the Philippines to the U.S. in December 10, 1898; the Cantonal Republic of Negros, founded by Generals Aniceto Lacson and Juan A. Araneta, and patterned after the U.S. Federal and Cantonal Government of the Swiss Confederation. It existed from November 27, 1898 to march 4, 1899; the Federal State of the Visayas - Panay, which was founded in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo, on November 17, 1898 (originally called the Provisional Revolutionary Government, replaced by a politico-military government on November 23, 1898, and renamed Federal State of the Visayas - Panay, on December 2, 1898). They also had their own stamps (perhaps someone can confirm this. The Smithsonian has supposedly a set of these rare stamps.)
So the Philippine-American War started on February 4, 1899, when an American soldier accidentally shot and killed a Filipino sentry (officially on March 15, 1898). There is just one bit more of information that is quite interesting. Aguinaldo was captured march 23, 1901 by forces of Gen. Frederick Funston, and on April 19, 1901, less than one month after his capture, took an oath of allegiance to the U.S. For this fact alone, he does not deserve to be called a "General.". - by Abraham Q. Luspo, Jr.
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posted by
angtipaklong, about 1 year ago
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posted by
spidamang, about 1 year ago
I guess turncoatism is not exclusive only to our present officials.
Aguinaldo will not be out of place in modern Philippine Politics if he lived today.
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posted by
Jots18, about 1 year ago
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posted by
letsugas, about 1 year ago
^^^I guess that means he really is the first "Pinoy President"
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posted by
kibitzer, about 1 year ago
Para walang away kay Lapu-lapu na lang
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posted by
jepong, about 1 year ago
Alam ko eh magkaaway yang si bonifacio (the magdiwang) and agunaldo (the magdalo)... typical "iyo ang cavite, akin ang tondo" type.
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posted by
jepong, about 1 year ago
one more... di ba pinapatay ni aguinaldo yung bonifacio brothers?
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posted by
musikero, about 1 year ago
is it true that GMA's grandfather was there when they assasinate Bonifacio?
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posted by
albusnape, about 1 year ago
hmmm... galing ni jepong sa phil. history... ur ryt si aguinaldo nga ang nag papatay sa magkapatid... sa cavite din... sa mt. buntis...
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posted by
Chrisangelo, about 1 year ago
So yeah, documents were found that Bonifacio was indeed the President of the Philippines and Emilio Jacinto was the minister of state.
Daniel Tirona (A guy who was elected I think alongside Andres Bonifacio earlier on) turned on Andres and played a major role in the Tejeros Convention, a convention that put Emilio Aguinaldo to power.
To Jepong, yes Emilio was the one who ordered the execution of the Bonifacio brothers. If my Phil History memory serves me right, he accused the Bonifacio of Treason thus leading to his execution. Oh and he was also the one behind Gen Antonio Luna's assassination. I think he ordered Luna to come to Nueva Ecija for a meeting, after Luna arrived he was shot and stabbed to death by the men of Aguinaldo. Both of them were brought back to life in the commonwealth elections leading eventually to his loss against Pres.Manuel L. Quezon in the Presidential seat.
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posted by
sorenkant, about 1 year ago
i don't think there was even a valid 'first' philippine president during aguinaldo's time. as jots mentioned, there were other 'presidents' being proclaimed during that time, and aguinaldo or bonifacio's republic is just one of them. further, these guy's republic doesn't have substantial representation from other parts of the country. technically, it's just a republic set-up for tagalog luzon (central and southern luzon).
if you ask me who's the first president of the philippines, that would be MLQ, techinically.
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posted by
coyacoy, about 1 year ago
the name of bonifacio's brother is Procopio. for me, bonifacio dapat. ang pamunuan ang pagkilos kasama ng mga maralitang taga-lungsod ay isang tunay na pag-aklas laban sa mapagsamantalang dayuhan at mga ka-alyado nito. walang ibang adhikain kundi itaguyod ang karapatang mamuhay ng payapa sa sariling bayan
para yang si mel gibson sa isang movie eh. pinagkanulo ng middle class para pangalagaan ang interes nila sa lipunan.
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