We are celebrating our Independence every 12the day of the month of June. This year, it falls on Friday which gives us a long weekend. I still recall how this independence has been written in the pages of our history. On July 1897, Emilio Aguinaldo made a proclamation calling upon the people to join him in a national revolution against the Spanish colonial regime. Below is the summary of the proclamation.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In this proclamation issued in July 1897, Pres. Emilio Aguinaldo urges all people who possess honor and personal dignity to join the national revolution against the Spanish colonial regime. The colonial government and religious orders, he claims, continuously tyrannize and torture the Filipino people. Aguinaldo strongly condemns the monastic supremacy, abuses of the friars, corruption in the bureaucracy, discrimination, immorality, and social injustices prevalent during the Spanish colonial rule. The colonial government ignored the legitimate demands of the Filipinos and persecuted those who only wanted reforms, he says. Aguinaldo declares that the Filipino people aspire to have a government which will govern based on the rule of law and justice, to be an independent nation, and to defend the nation's honor.
We have struggled for freedom from many abuses of the Spanish government such as:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In this proclamation issued in July 1897, Pres. Emilio Aguinaldo urges all people who possess honor and personal dignity to join the national revolution against the Spanish colonial regime. The colonial government and religious orders, he claims, continuously tyrannize and torture the Filipino people. Aguinaldo strongly condemns the monastic supremacy, abuses of the friars, corruption in the bureaucracy, discrimination, immorality, and social injustices prevalent during the Spanish colonial rule. The colonial government ignored the legitimate demands of the Filipinos and persecuted those who only wanted reforms, he says. Aguinaldo declares that the Filipino people aspire to have a government which will govern based on the rule of law and justice, to be an independent nation, and to defend the nation's honor.
We have struggled for freedom from many abuses of the Spanish government such as:
- monastic supremacy
- abuses of the friars
- corruption of the bureaucracy
- discrimanation,
- immorality
- social injustice
In general, our forefathers rejects the system of leadership and governance and the very personality that were attached to it. However, if we carefully evaluate our present generation and government, it appears that those abuses we have once fought against are still very real today. In every corner of our country there seems to be a series of stories of abuses and corruption. We become independent from the abuse of foreigners but the same abuses are being experienced from our very own people themselves.
Yes, we have something to celebrate. But are we really free?
Says, John F. Kennedy: "Liberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain".
Yes, we have something to celebrate. But are we really free?
Says, John F. Kennedy: "Liberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain".
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