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    A Position Paper About Jose Rizal's Retraction

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    1) The document discusses the controversy around Jose Rizal's alleged retraction of his support for Philippine independence on the eve of his execution in 1896. 2) It provides evidence that the retraction document may have been forged, including inconsistencies in the dates and handwriting, as well as the fact that the original document has never been publicly produced. 3) It also argues that Rizal's character and lifelong works supporting independence make it unlikely he would suddenly retract, and that the circumstances of his burial were atypical for someone who died as a Catholic.

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    A Position Paper About Jose Rizal's Retraction

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    1) The document discusses the controversy around Jose Rizal's alleged retraction of his support for Philippine independence on the eve of his execution in 1896. 2) It provides evidence that the retraction document may have been forged, including inconsistencies in the dates and handwriting, as well as the fact that the original document has never been publicly produced. 3) It also argues that Rizal's character and lifelong works supporting independence make it unlikely he would suddenly retract, and that the circumstances of his burial were atypical for someone who died as a Catholic.

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    1) The document discusses the controversy around Jose Rizal's alleged retraction of his support for Philippine independence on the eve of his execution in 1896. 2) It provides evidence that the retraction document may have been forged, including inconsistencies in the dates and handwriting, as well as the fact that the original document has never been publicly produced. 3) It also argues that Rizal's character and lifelong works supporting independence make it unlikely he would suddenly retract, and that the circumstances of his burial were atypical for someone who died as a Catholic.

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    A Position Paper About Jose Rizal's Retraction

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    Belbes, Davy R.
    1) The document discusses the controversy around Jose Rizal's alleged retraction of his support for Philippine independence on the eve of his execution in 1896. 2) It provides evidence that the retraction document may have been forged, including inconsistencies in the dates and handwriting, as well as the fact that the original document has never been publicly produced. 3) It also argues that Rizal's character and lifelong works supporting independence make it unlikely he would suddenly retract, and that the circumstances of his burial were atypical for someone who died as a Catholic.

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    Belbes, Davy R.

    BSMT-3B1
    A POSITION PAPER ABOUT JOSE RIZAL’S RETRACTION

    The story began on December 30, 1896, when a man was killed who was a doctor,
    artist, writer, genius and martyr. He risked his life for his beliefs. Through his
    work of art, José Rizal's two famous novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibustirismo,
    awaken the minds of every Filipino. He has been a symbol of nationalistic
    patriotism. He was Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonzo Realonda. His
    perspective and his intellect has been influential to his countrymen. Controversies
    about Rizal’s life leave us hanging flummoxed. Jose Rizal retracted his pro-
    independence statement and recanted his pro-independence statement. Father
    Balaguer's "Act of Faith, Hope and Charity" says that on the night before Rizal's
    execution, Jesuits exerted much effort into bringing him back.
    Rizal wrote the novel "Noli me tangere" in order to criticize the Catholic Church.
    The Spanish priest Father Balaguer gave the long formula of retraction which had
    been written by order of the Prelate but Rizal did not sign it because it was too long.
    Rizal asked Father Balaguer to capture what he will dictate. And that was Rizal's
    retraction document, which is considered the chief witness to the reality of the
    retraction. There are doubts of the authenticity of the retraction document, and
    the allegation is that the retraction document was a forgery. Rizal is a man who is
    true to his words and who is not likely to suddenly retract. The following
    statements lead to evidence that Rizal did not discard before his execution. First,
    the original document of the withdrawal discovered by the priest. The Catholic
    hierarchy's archive in Manila was never shown to the public, only reproductions of
    it. The book was said to be lost, even by the family of Jose Rizal. Could the Jesuits
    be this irresponsible to not know the value of the paper? The sentence signed by
    Rizal is a sentence written in his own hand. On the date of December 29, 1890, a
    record-setting temperature of 81 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded. Another
    document, bearing the date December 29, 189C, surfaced. The number "0" was
    evidently altered to make it look like a letter C. Then later, another supposedly
    original version came up. It is the last day of 1896. This time, the "6" became a "0".
    It is so obvious that the document was forged.
    The forger admits that he forged the confession. It was the man who forged the
    signature of Urbano Lacuna to help capture Aguinaldo, who was later roman
    Roque. The mastermind, he says, in both Lacuna's and Rizal's signature forging
    was Lazaro Segovia. There were Spanish friars who were approached by the
    Filipino-American war to forge Rizal's signature. This story was revealed by
    Antonio K. Abad, who heard the story of Roman Roque himself, they were
    neighbors and there is also a letter dated November 10, 1936 from Lorenzo Ador
    Dionisio, the former provincial secretary of Nueva.
    A third piece of evidence that Rizal did not abandon objections is that when
    Balaguer's father arranged to marry Jose and Josephine, after Jose signed the
    revocation document, however, a marriage certificate or public records that could
    confirm Balaguer's father's statements have not been submitted. Considering the
    time it would take for the three priests to arrive, it is unlikely they would have time
    to help the injured man. Jose Vilaclara, a priest. Estanislao March, and Father
    Estanislao March. Vicente Balaguer) to negotiate the length of the road to meet the
    convicted Dr. To mentor Jose Rizal spiritually. Balaguer claims to have been able
    to describe a wedding in less than 40 words. Fr. Vicente Balaguer claimed that he
    performed the canonical marriage between 6: 00-6: 15 am on December 30, 1896,
    in the presence of one of the Rizal sisters. The Rizal family denied that any of the
    Rizal sisters were there when the house was attacked by the rebels. Ms. Josephine
    Bracken was not at Fort Santiago in the morning of the execution. Rizal wrote in
    his last note to his parents that he had no intention to retract his rejection of the
    priest's proposal, nor was he intending to marry someone else. Aside from the fact
    that Rizal was really married to Josephine Bracken in his last poem "Mi Ultimo
    Adios", why did he only refer to her as sweet strangers? And didn't write as his
    sweet wife? Another example is the verse he wrote, "Adios, I will go to a place where
    there are no slaves, no executioners or oppressors, and faith not to kill." Obviously,
    the Catholic Church he is referring to obviously has those bitter phrases behind it.
    In addition, in the marriage of Josephine Bracken and Vicente Abad, the church
    marriage register kept in the Roman Catholic Church in Hong Kong did not
    mention that Josephine was the marriage of "Rizal" or that she was the widow of
    Jose Rizal. The legal register of Hong Kong identifies Josephine using the last
    name "Bracken" instead of "Rizal" to be married to Vicente Abad.
    Rizal wrote a letter to a friend which was a retraction of a letter he had written a
    few months earlier. There was no effort made to save Rizal from the death penalty
    after his retraction. If Rizal really died a Catholic, why did they bury him outside
    the Paco cemetery where P. Burgos was positioned as the cemetery for the anti-
    Catholic Church. The record of his burial was not placed on the page for entries of
    December 30 but on a special page where at least one other admitted non-penitent
    is recorded. And the worst part is, he was buried without a coffin! If something is
    ironic, that means that it is the opposite of what one expects. If the Jesuits want to
    prove that Rizal himself renounced his words, why did they bury him together
    where the heretics are buried? The priests of the church did not even offer a mass
    for Rizal.
    Rizal is fixated with the idea that he will die for the love of his country. Let's take
    a look at the character of this man. Rizal made mature decisions. Numerous of his
    works were devoted to the cruelty of the Spaniards. All of those are members of
    religious orders that are members of the Catholic Church. Rizal's work of art would
    be worthless in exchange for a great sum of money and an estate. The answer is
    no. It would be like vomiting what you just ate, and then having to breathe in the
    same air that caused the nausea. We can see from his works that Rizal is a person
    who agrees with his words and deeds. He has never distorted his thoughts, and will
    never be in the future. His character speaks so loudly that most Filipinos do not
    believe that he wrote and signed a retraction paper. He is a true hero who courted
    death to prove to those who deny his patriotism that he knows how to die for his
    duty and his beliefs. Until his last breath, he fights for what he thinks is right, he
    fights for our freedom, and he fights for his beloved countrymen.

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