Who is pio valenzuela

Ang Kalayaan triggered the spread of revolutionary consciousness of the people. Words of insurrection spread out that soon, many, even skeptics from outlying provinces, were convinced that they were ready to join the quest for freedom.

After the circulation of the initial issue, membership of the secret society jumped tremendously from a few hundreds to 30, in a period of five months from the middle of March to August On August 19, , the existence of the Katipunan was discovered by the Spanish authorities. Many suspected members and sympathizers of the Katipunan were arrested outright, but the main nucleus of the Katipunan were able to escape and assembled in various areas of Balintawak — like sistios Kangkong, Pugad Lawin and Pasong Tamo.

Mabuhay ang Katipunan! The heroic deeds of Dr. Pio Valenzuela were recognized by the Philippine Historical Committee in As governor, he was uncompromising against graft and corruption in the government. After he retired from politics, he wrote his memoirs on the revolutionary days. Rizal was executed in December, and Bonifacio was betrayed and executed by the Magdalo faction of the Katipunan five months later.

Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. The reason for this was an incident that happened immediately after the outbreak of the Revolution. But as he was returning to Manila on September 1, Valenzuela grabbed the opportunity of amnesty granted by Governor General Blanco to those who would surrender.

And horror of horrors, the Spanish newspaper El Comercio reported that Valenzuela implicated some people as being members of the Katipunan. Worse, he was one of the state witnesses against Rizal during his trial since he was the one who informed Rizal in Dapitan about the Katipunan and offered him the presidency of the movement. That mission is the one thing that is familiar about Valenzuela with most Filipinos. He was sentenced by the military court to life imprisonment and was exiled to various dreaded prison facilities in Spain before being taken to Melilla, Morocco in North Africa, a doctor away from his people and his family.

Of course, most historians know that history is always nuanced and things are not always what they seem. According to Pio Valenzuela himself, the reason why he turned himself in was because he felt he was being followed by Spanish spies. What about implicating other members of the Katipunan? Bonifacio reorganized the Katipunan on the last day of and started campaigning for the highly educated Valenzuela to be the new Supreme President Kataastaasang Pangulo.

Valenzuela talked him out of it, saying that he could not be president because as a doctor he was always out to the provinces. Bonifacio was thus re-elected as Supreme President of the Katipunan, while Emilio Jacinto became secretary and Valenzuela became fiscal general Kataas-taasang Tagausig.

To address the problem of membership, Valenzuela suggested to Bonifacio that he put the Katipunan printing press to good use and that he wanted to edit a monthly newspaper. He chose Kalayaan as the name of the newspaper. No harm done, del Pilar was already sick and dying in Spain. Unfortunately, as the first battles of the Revolution were being waged, he had to turn himself in to the Spaniards as he felt he was being monitored.

This was misunderstood as betrayal but was actually done to save the Katipunan from further arrests.