ni Jesusa Bernardo
ITO ang aking watawat dahil itong bandila ni Supremo Andres Bonifacio y de Castro ang tunay na sumasagisag sa kalayaang hindi hango sa diwa ng Kanluranin kundi sa isang pangkapatiran o hubog-Pilipinong sosyalistang bansa. Ang watawat na ito rin ng Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan nang manga Anak nang Bayan ay walang bahid ng dugo na bunga ng kriminal na pang-aagaw ng pang-himagsikang kapangyarihan mula sa tunay na Unang Panghimagsikan Pangulo.
Ang watawat na gamit ngayon ng Pilipinas ay hindi lamang mukhang inspirado ng matatalas na bituin ng bandila ng imperyalistang Kalbong Agila kundi sumisimbolo pa sa isang pakikipagsabwatang nauwi sa pagnanakaw ng kalayaan ng ating bayan. Sa totoo, hindi tunay na kalayaan ang winawagayway ng bandila ng "Unang Republika" ni Hen. Emilio F. Aguinaldo.
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| Katipunan Flag of Supremo Andres Bonifacio y de Castro |
Hindi tayo naging malaya ng Hunyo 12, 1898 dahil nagpaloko sa Kalbong Agila ang switik sa kapwa pinoy na si Aguinaldo. Hindi rin tayo tunay na naging malayang tunay noong Hulyo 4, 1946 dahil ginawa lang tayong tuta ng imperyalistang Amerika sa isip at sa pag-hawak sa ating mga prosesong pang-ekonomiya at pang-politikal.
The more real Independence Day for the Philippines is either the January 1892 conception of the Katipunan or the August 23/24* Cry of Balintawak, or the August 24 (1896) transformation of the secret revolutionary society KKK into a revolutionary government. The January 1892 foundational document of the Katipunan speaks for itself:
Principal orders
For the achievement of all that is set out in the foregoing Covenant, we are ordering the entire subject population of these Islands, which in time will be given a proper name, and we are appealing to them with the utmost fervour to implement and accomplish the following decisions:
1o
It is hereby now declared that from this day forward these Islands are separated from -[Spain]- and that no other leadership or authority shall be recognised or acknowledged other than this Supreme Catipunan.
2 o
The Supreme Catipunan is constituted forthwith, and will be the body that exercises sovereign power throughout the Archipelago.
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While it is not clear exactly when the First Cry (or First Shout) was, the establishment of the Philippines' first revolutionary government based on the Katipunan organization on August 24 has been established by historians Milagros Guerrero, et al. The event itself is a good choice for Philippines' real independence day because it officially unveiled the Katipunan secret government, ushering in the national uprising against the colonizers.As the blog New Philippine Revolution puts it: "...when Bonifacio gathered the Katipuneros in Banlat, Kalookan, he was formally pronouncing to the whole world the existence of a Philippine government." Ayon sa iginagalang na historyador at antropologo na si Dr. Zeus A. Salazar, mas tumpak na gawing simula ng pagiging bansa o estado (ang tinawag na "Haring Bayan" nila Bonifacio) ang petsa kung kailan inorganisa:
...ang pamahalaan, kasama ang hukbong sasalakay sa Intramuros, mula sa kasapian ng KKK na kumikilos at nakapagtipon...[Organisado at] determinado na sila na pabagsakin ang rehimeng Kastila sa pamamagitan ng pag-atake sa Intramuros. Nabigo man ang sabay-sabay na pagsalakay sa sentro ng kapangyarihang Espanyol sa Pilipinas, tuluy-tuloy na ang Himagsikan kahit na [sa di katagalan ay susuko sa mga Kastila] sina Aguinaldo sa pamamagitan ng Kasunduan ng Biyak na Bato.
The bottom line is that our real independence is predicated on the secret-society-later-turned-revolutionary-government Katipunan that has been conceived and organized to achieve full and complete separation from colonial Spain sans any compromise. Aguinaldo's June 12, 1898 declaration ridiculously stated that Philippine independence was "under the protection of the Powerful and Humanitarian Nation," the United States of America that did not send any representative apparently in refusal to officially recognize the declaration. The vile Bald Eagle nation, of course, was already cooking its imperialistic designs on us at that point. The same "great" imperialistic nation would next unfurl its neo-colonial scheme on our country come July 4, 1946 and up to now has never really left us. Why we are still not really or fully free.
Kailangan ay palayain natin ang ating mga sarili at kung hindi ay malapit-lapit na tayo sa kangkungan. Upang magampanan ang tunay nating pagpapalaya sa ating Inang Bayan, kailangan nating balikan ang adhikain ng Katipunan at tapusin ang naudlot na Himagsikan ng 1896. :)
*May konting pagtatalo sa eksaktong petsa, kung Agosto 23, 24, o isa pang araw na malapit
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References:
http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?i=5&subcat=13
http://kasaysayan-kkk.info/docs.casaysay
http://newphilrevolution.blogspot.com/20
http://banlawkasaysayan.multiply.com/pho
http://www.filipiniana.net/ArtifactView.do?artifactID=PRR001000005&query=%20Philippine%20Revolution
