The author highlights two mistaken readings of Philippine history being commemorated in 2025 and calls for the correction of these errors. The author argues for the use of 'Filipino Republic' instead of 'Philippine Republic' for the first republic and emphasizes the importance of accurate historical documentation.
First of two partsFirst wordBE-CAUSE of strict space limitations, key paragraphs in my column of Jan. 2 ('Make 2025 a year of reform and renewal') had to be taken out, and this left the major argument of the essay hanging.I want to restore some passages with today's column, which addresses the problem of misdirection by our historical commission and the lack of vision that would have been possible were there a working department of culture.
Absurdly, the nation is poised this year to commemorate two mistaken readings of our history and historical records.First, we will mark on Jan. 23 a glaring mistake in the determination of the name of our first republic.Second, we will mark on June 12 the questionable dating and wrong text of our declaration of national independence.In both instances, Congress passed an enabling act to seal the deed. From the lack of a working department of culture, this meant there was no review or study of the policy.These errors are as egregious as the national decision under President Rodrigo Duterte to bail out of the global commemoration of the quincentennial of the circumnavigation of the globe by Ferdinand Magellan's voyage on March 16, 2021.Why Filipino republic?Then-president Duterte originally signed Republic Act 11014, which also declared Jan. 23, as a special working holiday.The House of Representatives passed the bill declaring Jan. 23 as a special working holiday in October 2016, and a counterpart bill in the Senate was approved in January 2017.'Philippine Republic' is the wrong name to use for our first republic. What was proclaimed by the Malolos Congress and Malolos Constitution on Jan. 23, 1899, was 'Filipino Republic.'This gross error in the law should be corrected immediately. 'Filipino Republic' is the name that we should commemorate this Jan. 23.There are compelling reasons why Jan. 23 should be called instead 'Filipino Republic Day.'1. In our first constitution, as approved by the Malolos Congress on Jan
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