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The La Liga Filipina, literally the Philippine League, was a clandestine organization.

On July 3, 1892,
José Rizal established it in the house of Doroteo Ongjunco on Ilaya Street in Tondo, Manila. La Liga
Filipina's goal was to create a new organization that would directly involve the people in the reform
movement.
When Rizal founded the La Liga Filipina upon his return to the Philippines in July 1892, it was a stride
ahead in the reformist beliefs of the time since the new group wanted to incorporate the people directly in
the reform movement. Many members of society seeking change were drawn to the Liga, including
Andres Bonifacio, who went on to become one of the organization's founders.
These are the members of La Liga Filipina.
Directors

 José Rizal, founder

 Ambrosio Salvador, president of the league

 Agustín de la Rosa, fiscal

 Bonifacio Arévalo, treasurer.

 Deodato Arellano, secretary and first supreme leader of Katipunan

The Exile of Rizal

 Domingo Franco, president and supreme leader

 Deodato Arellano, secretary-Treasurer

 Isidro Francisco, fiscal

 Apolinario Mabini, secretary

 Marcelo H. del Pilar, editor-in-chief

 Graciano López Jaena, former editor-in-chief

Other members

 Andrés Bonifacio, Katipunan's supreme leader who led the Cry of Pugad Lawin

 Mamerto Natividad, one of the leaders of the revolution in Nueva Ecija

 Moises Salvador, master of lodge of the mason in Balagtas

 Numeriano Adriano, chief guard of lodge of the mason in Balagtas

 José A. Dizon, master of lodge of the mason in Taliba

 Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista, war adviser during First Philippine Republic, author of Philippine
Declaration of Independence.
 Timoteo Lanuza, stated the depose to dispel the Spanish frail in the Philippine in 1889.

 Marcelino de Santos, bidder and assistant of La Solidaridad.

 Paulino Zamora, master of lodge of the mason in Lusong

 Procopio Bonifacio

 Juan Zulueta, member of lodge of the mason in Lusong, Member of Supreme Council.

 Doroteo Ongjunco, member of lodge of the mason in Lusong

 Arcadio del Rosario, publicist of lodge of the mason in Balagtas

 Timoteo Páez, member of Supreme Council

 Mariano Limjap, financier of La Liga Filipina [9]

As listed in the constitution Rizal prepared, the Liga's aims were:


1. To unite the whole archipelago into one compact, vigorous, and homogenous body;
2. Mutual protection in every want and necessity;
3. Defense against all violence and injustice;
4. Encouragement of instruction, agriculture, and commerce; and
5. Study and application of reforms.
The league was intended to be a mutual assistance and self-help group, dispensing scholarship money and
legal aid, lending capital, and forming cooperatives, according to Rizal's vision. These were innocent,
even idealistic goals that could scarcely ameliorate the socioeconomic problems of the period, but Spanish
authorities were scared of them. That is why they imprisoned Rizal on July 6, 1892, just four days after
the Liga was formed. 
The organization became inactive during Rizal's exile, but it was rebuilt thanks to Domingo Franco and
Andrés Bonifacio's efforts. The group planned to announce its support for La Solidaridad and the
changes it sought, generate finances for the publication, and cover the costs of lawmakers pushing for
reforms in the Spanish Cortes. The Supreme Council of the League eventually disbanded the society
following some confusion in the group's leadership.
When the Liga's members were about to be discovered, the conservatives established the Cuerpo de
Compromisarios, pledging to continue supporting La Solidaridad, while the radicals, led by Bonifacio,
founded the Katipunan, a new and secret organization.

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