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The Proclamation of

the Philippine
Independence
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo
He declared the Philippine Independence on June 12, 1898

Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista


The man who waved the Philippine flag during the declaration of
Philippine Independence on June 12, 1898
The Flag
The flag was sewn by Marcela Agoncillo, Lorenza
Agoncillo, and Delfina Herbosa Natividad
The Document
• The declaration was a short 2,000-word document, which
summarized the reason behind the revolution against Spain, the war
for independence, and the future of the new republic under Emilio
Aguinaldo.
• The proclamation commenced with a characterization of the
conditions in the Philippines during Spanish colonial period.
• The document specifically mentioned abuses and inequalities in the
colony.
The declaration says
“… taking into consideration, that their inhabitants being already weary of bearing
the ominous yoke of Spanish domination, on account of the arbitrary arrests and
harsh treatment practiced by the Civil Guard to the extent of causing death with the
connivance and even with the express orders of their commanders, who sometimes
went to the extreme of ordering the shooting of prisoners under the pretext that
they were attempting to escape, in violation of the provisions of the Regulations of
their Corps, which abuses were unpunished and on account of the unjust
deportations, especially those decreed by General Blanco, of eminent personages
and of high social position, at the instigation of the Archbishop and friars interested
in keeping them out of the way for their own selfish and avaricious purpose,
deportations which are quickly brought by a method of procedure more execrable
than that of the Inquisition and which every civilized nation rejects on account of a
decision being rendered without a hearing of persons accused.”
• The document narrates the spread of the movement like an “electric
spark” through different towns and provinces like Bataan, Pampanga,
Batangas, Bulacan, Laguna and Morong, and the quick decline of
Spanish forces in the same provinces.
• The document also mentioned Rizal’s execution, calling it unjust.
• The execution, as written in the document, was done to “please the
greedy body of friars in their insatiable desire to seek revenge upon
and exterminate all those who are opposed to their Machiavellian
purposes, which tramples upon the penal code prescribed for these
islands.
• The document also narrates the Cavite Mutiny of January 1872 that
caused the infamous execution of martyred native priests Jose
Burgos, Mariano Gomez, and Jacinto Zamora, whose orders that
incited the three secular priests in the said mutiny.
• The proclamation of independence also invokes that the established
republic would b led under the dictatorship of Emilio Aguinaldo. The
first mention was at the very beginning of the proclamation. It state:
“In the town of Cavite Viejo, in this province of Cavite, on the twelfth
day of June eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, before me, Don
Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista, Auditor of War and Special Commissioner
appointed to proclaim and solemnize this act by Dictatorial
Government of these Philippine Islands, for the purposes and by virtue
of the circular addressed by the Eminent Dictator of the same Don
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy.”
• Another detail in the proclamation that is worth looking at is its
explanation on the Philippine flag that was first waved on the same day.
White triangle- represents the distinctive emblem of the famous
Katipunan Society, which by means of its compact of blood urged on the
masses of the people of insurrection;
Three Stars- represent the three principal islands of the archipelago,
Luzon, Mindanao and Panay, in which this insurrectionary movement
broke out,
The Sun-represents the gigantic strides that have been made by the sons
of this land on the road of progress and civilization
The eight rays- symbolize the eight provinces of Manila, Cavite,
Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Laguna and Batangas, which
were declared in a state of war almost as soon as the first
insurrectionary movement was initiated
The colors blue, red and white, commemorate those of the flag of the
United States of North America, in manifestation of our profound
gratitude towards that great Nation for the disinterested protection she
is extending to us and will continue to extend to us
It is not known by many for example, that the white triangle was
derived from the symbol of the Katipunan.
The red and blue colors of the flag are often associated with courage
and peace respectively.
The symbolic meaning can always change and be reinterpreted, the
original symbolic meaning of something events, which unfolded after
the declaration of independence on the 12th day of June 1898.

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