By Bayawanon
I believe that Dr. Jose
Protacio Rizal y Mercado y Alonzo y Realonda is really a National Hero of the
Philippines, because of his writings, the El Filibustirismo and the Noli Me
Tangere, the natives of the Philippines were awakened, rose arms against the
Spanish colonizers and cried for independence. But we should not also discount
the efforts of the Katipunan Supremo, Gat Andres de Castro Bonifacio for
co-founding the Katipunan on July 7, 1892 in one of the houses in Azcarraga
St., Tondo, Manila and for heading the Cry of Pugadlawin and eventually leading
the revolution against the Castillians in 1896.
We would not have enjoyed the
freedom of today had it not been of the Philippine Revolution which started in
1896, there could have been no 1896 Philippine Revolution had it not been of
the Katipunan and there could have been no Katipunan without Bonifacio. These
are my parameters in declaring AndresBonifacio
as a co-national hero of Dr. Jose Rizal.
I would not discount the role
of Dr. Jose Rizal in the 1896 Philippine Revolution, since he together with his
NOLI and FILI was the main inspiration of the Katipuneros in their cry for
independence, however the revolution would not have started had it not been of
Bonifacio who led his men in tearing their cedulas and cried for independence
at Pugadlawin.
Is it not that Joan of Arc of
France, Simon Bolivar of the continent of South America, George Washington of
the United States of America, Bernardo O'Higgins of Chile and Andres Bonifacio
of the Philippines have one thing in common and that is rising of arms against
the foreign colonizers of their native lands? Is it not that Joan of Arc, Simon
Bolivar, George Washington, Bernardo O'Higgins were declared as national heroes
of their respective countries? And why won't the Philippines declare Andres
Bonifacio as a Philippine National Hero because of these elements?
In
connection with the following arguments, I hereby recommend and pray that the
tears, blood, sweat, strength and efforts of that fearless revolutionary by the
name of Gat Andres de Castro Bonifacio be given credence and weight by the
Philippine historians and government for fighting for the air of freedom which
we Filipinos are presently enjoying by declaring him as a Philippine
co-national hero of Dr. Jose Rizal. Amen
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