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The Execution of Bonifacio: My Historical Analysis Up to now it is still an argument if Bonifacio was executed or was just murdered. Perhaps magdalo’s would say that it is just an execution since it is there best resource for the welfare of the katipunan during that time because Bonifacio has an ambition of overthrowing Aguinaldo in the revolutionary government which is an act of treason. But why did it ended up killing their own brother (Bonifacio) in the katipunan? Before gaining a conviction one must first carefully weigh different sides of the story because just like a coin stories may always have two sides. The magdiwang’s side of the story was mainly based on the eyewitnesses of the story. Gregoria, wife of Bonifacio, declared: “They shot my husband and when he fell, stabbed him repeatedly and clobbered by their rifle butts.” as well as General Santiago Alvarez declared in his memoirs that Colonel Bonzon shot Bonifacio. The Chinese Paua then stabbed Bonifacio at the right side of the neck, which caused blood to spurt out. Aside from it, Capt. Mariano Salvador, an officer of Bonifacio and an eyewitness, ed General Alvarez’s story. “We were surrounded Col. Ntong (Bonzon) shot the Supremo who was hit in his right arm and stomach and then was stabbed in the throat with a sharpened bamboo.” In addition Francisco Carreon, another officer of Bonifacio, made a similar declaration. Carreon declared that the group of Bonzon forcibly entered Bonifacio’s camp, shot and killed Ciriaco Bonifacio. Then Paua shot Bonifacio and hit him in his left arm. Bonzon rushed to Bonifacio and stabbed him in the neck, pinning the latter to the ground. The magdiwang’s side of the story clearly portrayed that Bonifacio might have no plan of overthrowing Aguinaldo’s govt. since why at the first place he was surprised on the attack of the magdalo armies in his camp? If Bonifacio has a plan of overthrowing Aguinaldo he should be aware that Aguinaldo will intercept him and he should be prepared of the coming attack of Aguinaldo’s troop and he might not been killed. On the other hand, the story of magdalo is different .Based on Transcript of the trial of Andres Bonifacio, Bonifacio was portrayed as a leader aiming for power and wants Aguinaldo dead. Pedro Giron attested in the transcript that he was given by

Bonifacio 10 pesos to kill Aguinaldo. It is also stated in the transcript that Bonifacio and his brother was planning to overthrow the government of Aguinaldo and that they are gathering people to help for the destruction of Aguinaldo’s government. Based on the Transcript of record of the trial of Andres Bonifacio, Bonifacio attended the trial and the dated execution of Bonifacio was May 10 1897.However When Aguinaldo was personally interviewed by Manuel Artigas y Cuerva he confessed that Bonifacio was actually killed on April 23 1897 thus the stories presented in the Transcript of the trial of Andres Bonifacio was clearly untrue. Therefore Bonifacio did not died because of treason but I believed that what murdered him was politics. Emilio Aguinaldo who was very young at that time more or less 30 years old was not ready for the position of President. Moreover Aguinaldo was bounded with traditional politicians and this politicians might influenced him. However despite the fact that Aguinaldo was just influenced by his colleagues he can never deny that he has lapses regarding with the execution of Bonifacio. References The trial and death of Andres Bonifacio: A myth.Mb.com. Retrieved on April 26, 2016 from http://www.mb.com.ph/the-trial-and-death-of-andres-bonifacio-a-myth/ Transcript of the Trial of Andres Bonifacio. (Ateneo de Manila University,1963).