CORRUPT SPANISH OFFICIALS Flashcards
- Known for his ruthless approach
- Ordered the execution of GOMBURZA
General Rafael de Izquierdo (1871-1873)
3 Filipino priests that make up GOMBURZA
- Fr. Mariano Gomez
- Fr. Jose Burgos
- Fr. Jacinto Zamora
- The execution of 3 Filipino priests that
were accused of leading a rebellion - Stirred widespread outrage and unrest among Filipinos
“Gomburza” incident
- Although skilled in combat, he was a
poor and weak administrator - His term was marked by ineffective
governance and a lack of progress in
improving colonial administration. - His inability to address the colony’s
issues allowed corruption and
mismanagement to flourish.
Admiral Jose Malcampo (1874-1877)
- He was notorious for accepting bribes
from gambling casinos in Manila. - He also enriched himself through
various corrupt practices.
General Fernando Primo de Rivera (1880-1883 and 1897-1898)
- He arrived in Manila as a poor man and returned to Spain as a millionaire.
- He amassed significant wealth through bribery and corruption.
- His corruption included accepting
bribes from wealthy Chinese who
avoided anti-Chinese laws.
General Valeriano Weyler (1888-1891) The Butcher
A military man who is most remembered for his cold decision to execute Dr. Jose Rizal
General Camilo de Polavieja (1896-1897)
- the first period of Philippine representation in
- the Spanish Cortes was fruitful with the beneficent results for the welfare of the colony.
1810-1813 (Philippines in Spanish Cortes)
the second period of representation
1820-1823 (Philippines in Spanish Cortes)
the third period was less fruitful in parliamentary work.
1834 - 1837 (Philippines in Spanish Cortes)
representation of the overseas colonies was abolished
1837 (Philippines in Spanish Cortes)
they protested vehemently and recovered their rights to representation in subsequent Cortés,
Cuba and Puerto Rico
Why did the Philippines never protested their rights to representation in the Cortes?
Because our delegates suffered humiliation in silence
- during a parliamentary session, the
delegate from Granada, Señor Calvo
Muñoz, presented an amendment
restoring the Philippine representation
to the Cortés. - There were several objections which
the Minister of overseas, Manuel
Becerra Bermúdez questioned the
Filipino’s intelligence and ignore
slavery.
1890 (Philippines in Spanish Cortes)
A delegate from Granada who presented an amendment restoring the Philippine representation to the Cortés.
Señor Calvo Muñoz
- Objected the amendment presented by Calvo Muñoz
- Questioned the Filipino’s intelligence
and ignore slavery
Manuel Becerra Bermudez
Which records of the session of the Cortes did Jose Rizal read?
6 March Session
Jose Rizal refuted Minister Becerra’s arguments
28 February 1890 issue of La Solidaridad
