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APRIL 12, 1895 AND PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE

June 12, 1898 and July 4, 1946 are the dates most associated with
Philippine Independence Day. However, some historical researches
point to April 12, 1895 as the earliest declaration of independence. On
the said date, Andres Bonifacio, as witnessed by Katipunan leaders,
wrote on the walls of Pamitinan Cave in Montalban, Rizal: "Viva la
independencia Filipinas!"

It was on May 12, 1962 that June 12 was first declared a public holiday
to commemorate Philippine independence via President Diosdado
Macapagal's Presidential Proclamation No. 28. Up until 1962, Philippine
Independence Day was celebrated on July 4, the granting of bogus
independence by the United States colonial government following the
July 4, 1946 Treaty of Manila. It is believed that Emilio Aguinaldo
proclaimed on June 12, 1898 the nation's independence from Spanish
rule in Kawit, Cavite. On August 4, 1964 via Republic Act No. 4166, the
Congress cemented June 12 as "Philippine Independence Day" and
renamed July 4 as "Philippine Republic Day" or "Filipino-American
Friendship Day." However,
APOLINARIO MABINI ON PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS
"Sa iyong baya'y huwag kang kumilala sa kapangyarihan ng sinumang
tao na hindi inilagay ninyong magkakababayan; sapagka't ang buong
kapangyariha'y sa Diyos nagmumula at ang Diyos ay sa konsensiya ng
bawat tao nangungusap; kaya't ang sinumang ituro at ihalal ng mga
konsensiya ng lahat ng mamamayan ang siya lamang
makapagtataglay ng wagas na kapangyarihan."
(Mula sa "El Verdadero Decalogo" o "Ang Tunay na Dekalogo" ni
Apolinario Mabini)
Icaual. Ihanap mo ang iyong bayan ng Repblica, yaon bagang ang
lahat na nagpupuno ay palagay ng manga namamayan, at huag mong
payagan cailan man ang Monarqua ang pagcacaroon baga nang hari;
sa pagcat ualang binibigyan ang hari nang camahalan cundi ang isa
ilan lamang na maganac upang maitanghal ang sarili niyang
camaganacan, na siyang pangagalingan nang lahat na maghahari;
hindi ganito ang Repblica na nagbibigay ng camahalan at carapatan
sa lahat ayon sa bait ng bauat isa, nang pagcadaquila alangalang sa

caluagan at calayaan at ng casaganaan at cadilagang tinataglay ng

casipagan.