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So What Is La Liga Filipina or in English The Philippines League?

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Good day!

I’m Mary Angeline Planquero representative and narrator of group 4


that will be reporting our assigned topic which is the La Liga Filipina and the New
Calamba.
First let’s start knowing what La Liga Filipina is all about.

When upon his return to the Philippines in July, 1892, Rizal organized the La Liga
Filipina, this constituted a forward step in the reformist ideas of the times in the
sense that the new group sought to involve the people directly in the reform
movement. Many elements of society who were anxious for change were
attracted to the Liga, among them, Andres Bonifacio who became one of the
founders of the organization.

So what is La Liga Filipina or in English The Philippines League?

La Liga Filipina is a progressive organization founded and created by Dr. Jose Rizal
in the Philippines in the house of Doroteo Ongjunco at Ilaya Street, Tondo, Manila
in July 3, 1892 and was derived from the La Solidaridad and the Propaganda
Movement.

Rizal thought of organizing the league when he was at Hong Kong. With the help
of Ma. Basa, he wrote the constitution of the league. The Known members were
Andres Bonifacio, Deodato Arellano, and Apolinario Mabini.

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


 To unite the whole archipelago into one compact, vigorous, and
homogenous body;
 Mutual protection in every want and necessity;
 Defense against all violence and injustice;
 Encouragement of instruction, agriculture, and commerce; and
 Study and application of reforms.

It had no intention of rising up in arms against the government. As Rizal


envisioned, the league was to be a sort of mutual aid and self-help society
dispensing scholarship funds and legal aid, loaning capital and setting up
cooperatives. These were innocent, even naive objectives that could hardly
alleviate the social ills of those times, but the Spanish authorities were so alarmed
that they arrested Rizal on July 6, 1892, a scant three days after the Liga was
organized, that resulted to his deportation to Dapitan.

At first, the Liga was quite active. Bonifacio in particular exerted great efforts to
organize chapters in various districts of Manila. A few months later, the Supreme
Council of the Liga dissolved the society.

The reformist leaders found out that most of the popular councils which Bonifacio
had organized were no longer willing to send funds to the Madrid propagandists
because like Bonifacio, they had become convinced that peaceful agitation for
reforms was futile.

Afraid that the more radical rank and file members might capture the
organization and unwilling to involve themselves in an enterprise, the leaders of
the Liga opted for Dissolution.

The Liga Membership split into two groups:


- The conservatives formed the Cuerpo de Compromisarios which pledged to
continue supporting the La Solidaridad and the Radicals led by Andres
Bonifacio devoted themselves to a new and secret society, the Katipunan.
(launched the revolution in 1896).

The org consists of 3 councils:


1. Supreme Council – They’re the ones who manage and lead the org. Also,
the commander of the Popular and Province Councils.
2. Popular Council – Provincial Council is the leader of the Popular Council,
who controls the other members.

3. Province Council -

Binubuo ng Chief, Fiscal, Treasurer, Secretary and members.

- Pays 10 centavos every month.


- Every member shall change a new name unless they are Provincial Council.
- Every member shall have a job.
- Rizal created the La Liga Filipina to help the people from financial and
education to the people who needs and to support the Filipino.
- After Rizal was arrested, the members split-up because of their different
ways of thinking.
- Wrote the constitution in Hong Kong
- The La Liga Filipina aimed for the independence of the Philippines from
Spain through a revolution, while the Propaganda Movement aimed for the
assimilation of the Philippines to Spain. ... After the disbandment of the La
Liga Filipina, members reorganized and the society was split into two
organizations.

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