RIZAL’S TRIAL AND EXECUTION

The trial of Rizal happened swiftly through the court, even though logical reasons were presented, he still undergone the death sentence. Though it may seem to be a revenge of the Spanish friars using their powerful authority which they can punish whom they want to punish. Evidences were collected in this trial to exhibit the treason that Rizal is suspected, these are collected through his documents which was originally are intended for his friends and family and it also contain writings or poems that was confiscated by Spanish authorities. Another evidence presented against Rizal is the oral testimonies of his close friends who were tortured. It is suspected that he leads the rebellion due to a letter convincing to stop the revolt of the revolutionist; it is said that he founded the group. Also, after his preliminary investigation, he is ordered by the Judge General Don Nicolas dela Peña to go to jail in Fort Santiago and is to be kept until he can pay the said bail amounting to one million pesos. When in court, he should be defended by a military officer and not by a civil lawyer. Though in this court he managed to present his claim about his innocence through the matter, in which he proclaims his twelve points to be the following: First, he advised Dr. Pio Valenzuela in Dapitan not to rise a revolution. Second, He did not correspond to the revolution element or its idea. Third, the revolutionist only used his name and portrayed that he would’ve fled to Singapore if he was guilty with the action. Fourth, he would not get in touch near Dapitan and should’ve escaped. Fifth, he was not consulted by the revolutionist as suspected to him to be the leader. Sixth, he founded La Liga Filipina as Civic association and not a revolutionary society. Next, the organization lead to a dead end after he was banished to Dapitan. It was only reorganized nine months after and has no idea about it. Next point, is that the organization was not initially for the revolutionist, otherwise it would QWreplace the Katipunan. Lastly, his letters having the bitter comments was because he was banished to Dapitan and his friends knew that he is a man that don’t support any violent movement. As it stated, points were proven but power is legally abused by the Spanish officers and still conjectured Rizal and charged with sedition, conspiracy and rebellion. During his last remaining days, he was visited by his family, Jesuit priests, and friends. He also wrote some of the poems and letters that are famous today which was namely ‘Mi ultimo Adios’ or translated to as a “My last Farewell”. Containing these letters are for his family in which he has left in this life, giving acknowledgement to whom he trusts and the country he would inspire.

,,From the viewpoint of other countrymen that caught the attention about Rizal’s death. Rizal provided a inspiration to as which he could bring change to what the mindset of the Filipino not to be slaves of other country and start to enslave themselves from the love for their country. Nothing would’ve woken up the Filipinos if Rizal didn’t write and died because of it. Books that provides the true sight of a Filipino getting enslaved by the people who abused and didn’t originally own the Motherland. If we are bound to be slaves to other country then he would’ve not have seen that the Filipinos are free and cannot be abused by any other countries.