Ang Republika Federal sg Kabisay-an (The Federal Republic of the Visayas)

Historical Facts obviously omitted or deliberately hidden in our School History Books
(Source: History Reborn"The Federal Republic of the Visayas" -by: dinggol a.divinagracia*June 12, 2007)

*That Spain had already formally surrendered to the Federal Republic of the Visayas even before Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was proclaimed Philippine President in Malolos, Bulacan on January 23, 1899. That our Independent Visayan Republic, had never been under the authority and jurisdiction of Aguinaldo's "Katagalogan" Republic in Luzon.

excerpted: "...A paper written by Jose Manuel Velmonte, a research associate at the UP Third World Studies Center, found that the Visayan revolutionary elites not only had sophisticated political ideas but also resented attempts by Malolos to assert its authority. A Tagalog military expedition sent by Malolos to Panay to assert its presence was met with hostility. The Luzon force led by Generals Ananias Diocno and Leandro Fullon was regarded by the Visayan revolutionaries, led by the Visayan supremo, Gen. Martin Delgado, as an ''invasion'' force ..." (Source: Inquirer-1999- 06-13 "View of revolt in provinces spurs revision" By: Amando Doronila)

According to Dr. Luis C.Dery, an eminent Filipino Scholar: "Expounding the extent of Aguinaldo's Philippine Army; the Bangsamoro nation's Mindanao, Sulu, and the rest of its islands never fell under Aguinaldo's politico-military control and sovereignty. In fact as late as August 1898 much of northern Luzon, southern Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao remained outside of the control of Aguinaldo's Republic. Thus, several military expeditions were sent to these places to bring' them to recognize the First Philippine Republic."

*That the 1898 Treaty of Paris preliminaries, should not have included territories of the sovereign "Visayan Nation"; the confederation of both the Central and Western Visayas Cantonal Governments by virtue of Spain's formal surrender prior to this U.S. and Spain treaty of peace (Paris) and the $20-million buy-out. Spain had no more legal rights to sell. In legal parlance "nemodat quod non habet” -meaning “you cannot give what is not yours”. It states that the purchase of a possession from someone who has no ownership right to it also denies the purchaser any ownership title.

This diplomatic "Faux pas" that was supposed to be officially consummated and became legal and internationally binding only on APRIL 11, 1899 should, or rather must be rectified.
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*June 12, 1898 -Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed Philippine Independence from Spain in Kawit, Cavite --but never won the war against Spain, as explained in the infamous betrayal --the "Mock Battle of Manila of August 13, 1898".

*Nov. 6 & Dec. 23, 1898 -Spain formally surrendered to both; the Negros Republic that merged (Dec. 2, 1898) with the Federal Republic of the Visayas based in Iloilo (respectively)

excerpted: "...These two nations, from a purely legal point of view, are COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE UNTIL TODAY. This could imply that the Manila-based Tagalista-oriented Unitarian central government of the Philippines in the Visayas and Mindanao is an Occupational Government, that ultimately originated from an invalid Treaty of Paris...."

Dr. Jose P. Dacudao; National President -Save Our Languages thru Federalism Foundation (SOLFED), Inc.

*July 4, 1946 -The United States of America granted Philippine Independence on a silver platter with strings attached.

"True Independence could never be just self-proclaimed nor bestowed upon, it has to be won and duly achieved with dignity" -- DinggolAranetaDivinagracia (Founder: Ilonggo Nation Movement (INM) Global Network ..Dec. 25, 2005)

Dinggol is an Ilonggo Historian of modern times. He is a lover of nature and reform activist by profession; a genealogist by avocation, and an avid advocate of the Cooperative Movement and "Parliamentary" Federalism. He is, likewise, a duly registered Researcher at the U.S. Library of Congress in the nations capital --Washington D.C.

"It is rather speculative as it is without basis of history if we mean of "history" is that which had been written for us by the "tutas" or lackeys of our colonial and imperial masters.." -- Benjie Evicner Estuche (INM Co-Founder)

"Federalism is not the best way, it is the only way"..
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*When the Wright brothers said they'll fly and soar the skies, people asked -How? and then they laughed.

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"ACTA DE CAPITULACION~1898" (The Formal Surrender Document)

"ACTA DE CAPITULACION~1898" (The Formal Surrender Document)
*Nov. 6 & Dec. 23, 1898 -Spain formally surrendered to both; the Negros Republic that merged (Dec. 2, 1898) with the Federal Republic of the Visayas based in Iloilo (respectively)
Ergo! we won our battle-scarred freedom and legitimate independence and became a sovereign nation. The "First" Republic in the whole of Asia, but was nipped-in-the bud by the "ugly" Americans. A diplomatic faux pas, a political blunder and a travesty of history! --DinggolAranetaDivinagracia~~~

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Saturday, November 03, 2018

“CINCO DE NOVIEMBRE” AND THE ILONGGO NATION

 

 

(Flag of the 1898 Negros Revolutionary Government)

“CINCO DE NOVIEMBRE” AND THE ILONGGO NATION

(By: DinggolAranetaDivinagracia - October 28, 2018)

“According to Dr. Jose "Joey" Dacudao, an Ilonggo Neuro-Surgeon in Butuan City, Philippines --all Filipinos are taught a narrow type of history from the point of view of historians based in Metro Manila, in accordance with a uniform educational curriculum concocted by Manila-based institutions and individuals, and enforced in all Philippine schools.

This is passed on as 'history of the Filipino people' or as some other euphemism. Yet nothing is farther from the truth.” --dinggol.d~~~

Yes indeed, Visayan history is DIFFERENT from Tagalog history, and yet what is officially passed in all Philippine schools is the latter.

It goes without saying that this is the history that we should be teaching to our school children in all traditional Visayan areas. Yet, the victorious saga of our Visayan heroes headed by our Ilonggo forebears were never included in text books and only relegated to the dustbin of history. Even historical marker of a great event, Spain’s formal surrender to our Revolutionary leaders on “Cinco de Noviembre-1898” took imperial Manila 109 years to decide and install. “Hamak mo ran Banwa!” ~~~

Ilonggo Nation Movement (INM) co-founder agurang Benjie Estuche once said: “It is rather speculative as it is without basis if we mean of history is that which had been written for us by our colonial and imperial (both foreign and local) masters.”

On November 5, 1898, the Independent Negros Republic was declared in Bago Plaza, Negros Occidental by Gen. Juan "Tan Juan" Araneta when Spanish authorities under Colonel Isidro de Castro, Politico-Military Governor of Negros Island capitulated.

Acta de Capitulacion of 1898:



The next day, the 6th of November, 1898 Negros Island Politico-Military Governor- Col. Isidro de Castro, on behalf of Don Diego de los Rios, last Governor-General of Spain in the Philippines signed the Formal Surrender Document "Acta de Capitulacion" in Bacolod City duly acknowledged by Gen. Aniceto Ledesma Lacson-Presidente, Gen. Juan “Tan Juan” Araneta-Secretary of War and other officials of the Negros Republic.

On Nov. 26, 1898, in a meeting of the Negros island cantonal government, Gen. Juan "Tan Juan" Araneta sponsored a resolution which was uninamously approved to set up a Federal Republic. "I proposed, that this island, after having attained its liberty and independence by means of a brilliant feat of arms, thus winning an honorable place in the concert of civilized nations, be governed by prestigious men in our country who knows its needs and understand its glorious ideals. For this reason I believe that the best government to realize the beautiful aspiration of our island, which is also that of the entire Filipino people, is that of a Federal Republic." This approved resolution was documented by Don Melecio Severino -Secretary General.

The “Cry of Sta. Barbara” in Iloilo The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Visayas and Mindanao proclaimed by General-en-Gefe Martin T. Delgado during the November 17th “Cry of Sta. Barbara” in Iloilo, was replaced on November 23, 1898 by a politico-military government restricted only to the provinces in the Visayas after the Spanish garrison in Salog (Jaro) capitulated comparable to the "Siege of Baler" in Tayabas a year later.

The leaders preferred instead an arrangement of a National Federacy composed of the separate States Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao because of the many separate islands of the archipelagic Visayas and Mindanao. The Birth of the Federal Republic of the Visayas:

After a series of serious consideration and lengthy legitimate deliberations on nation-building it was decided to finally consolidate the cantonal governments in both Central and Western Visayas into the Panay government based in Iloilo and, thus, the "Estado Federal de Bisayas" or the Federal Republic of the Visayas was born on December 2, 1898. ~~~

(N.B: Dr. Jose "Joey" Dacudao is the National President of Save our Languages thru Federalism Foundation (SOLFED), Inc.)








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