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National Community:
The Founding of Liga
Filipina
Antecedents
• Publication of the annotations of
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (1899)
• “In the famous election that lasted three days held in Madrid by the Filipino
colony to elect a Responsable, a Filipino who would direct and be responsible
for the Philippine policy in Europe, there were two candidates: Rizal and
Marcelo H. del Pilar. Many of us who supported Rizal's candidacy did so on the
conviction that Rizal was a separatist and the more radical one” (Quibuyen
2010, as cited in Alzona, 1971).
• “It is true that I framed its statutes. It is also true that its aims were
to promote commerce, industry, the arts, etc. by means of
cooperation…”