THE RETRACTION CONTROVERSY OF RIZAL

MODULE 2.3 PERFORMANCE TASK

RIZAL RETRACTED
CLAIMANT ARGUMENT 1 EVIDENCE/PROOFS
Nicolas Zafra He said that the retraction is plain, The retraction letters were
unadorned fact of history authentic since they were
validated by Teodoro Kalaw, a
well-known specialist on Rizal's
writings and "handwriting
experts" renowned and recognized
in our courts of justice. They also
refer to the 11 witnesses when
Rizal retracts his statement.
YOUR OBSERVATION ;
Nothing deviated from the unintentional ones, according to the solid proof. Rizal stated in the retraction letter
that he despised Masonry, and the manner Teodoro Kalaw, a 33rd degree Mason, validates Rizal's works is
sufficient proof that Rizal wrote the retraction letter. As a result, as Guzman remarked, particular Masons'
resistance to withdraw is largely due to their uncertainties and determination. Regardless of whether Rizal
died as a Catholic or a Mason, his effect on nationalism and Filipinos in general cannot be undone by the
retraction letter that he wrote and signed the

RIZAL DID NOT RETRACT

CLAIMANT ARGUMENT 1 EVIDENCE/PROOFS
Ricardo Pascual The retraction that is proclaimed The reliability of Rizal's Given the
that have been found in 1992 is forgeries made during the Spanish
not Rizal’s handwriting colony, the retraction letter is
unclear. This was supported by the
manner in which Fr. Balaguer
maintained touch with Fr. Pio Pi,
such that "an exact copy of the
attraction was written and signed
by Rizal; I don't know the
handwriting of this copy, nor do I
recall whose it is." Fr. Balaguer
needed Fr. Pi confirms it, yet Fr.
Pi wasn't about to double-check
his swore enunciation.
YOUR OBSERVATION
At the point when Rizal is said to be making the retraction letter, most of the eyewitnesses are Jesuits. There
were various examples of misrepresentation during that time that provoked stunning events, like the fake of
the signature of Urbano. Lucana that caused the catch of Aguinaldo. During that time, the Church would
expect people to recognize Rizal's moral intensity in viewing his mistakes as structures against the Church.
However, given the path that various Jesuits took the day before Rizal was executed, it can be assumed that it
was just an an exposure of the Church and that the retraction letter was doubtlessly a fraud

GREGORIO, GWYNETH ANGELIQUE

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING : BSIT- AT 1B