President murdered; emperor convicted

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‘As for the Emperor, he was charged at the Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan’s Military Sexual Slavery with a crime against humanity.’

WHILE the government of the Philippine Republic was established in Buntis, one of the most wooded and rocky mountains between Maragondon and Looc, Emilio Aguinaldo, probably to get rid of his already fallen rival, who was covered with wounds which were almost in a state of putrefaction for lack of medicine and attention, ordered the execution, first of Procopio Bonifacio and then of Andres who, because of his wounds, was carried in a hammock to the place where his brother Procopio, two hours before, had been executed by Colonels Bonson and Paua. These two, it will be remembered, were those who had captured the Bonifacios in Limbon, Indang. Thus ended the life of the man who, scorning dangers, had established the K. K. K. nang mga A. nang B.; the man who had taught the Filipino people the true way to shake off the Spanish yoke; the man from whose mouth, and whenever he spoke with the officials of the forces, always came the following expressions: ‘Commit no acts that will cast a stain upon your name. Fear history, for in it none of your acts can be hidden!’”[http://malacanang.gov.ph/3622-artemio-ricarte-on-the-arrest-and-execution-of-bonifacio/]

The President of the Sovereign Nation of Katagalugan as well as the Founder of the K.K. Katipunan of the Sons of the People and Prime Instigator of the Revolution (Pangulo Nang Haring Bayang Katagalugan, Maytayo Nang K.K. Katipunan Nang Manga Anak Nang Bayan at Unang Naggalaw Nang Panghihimagsik) was Andres Bonifacio. This is the Bonifacio (codename: Maypagasa) who had urged his fellow Katipuneros to “Share whatever you can with whoever is needy.” [Duties of the Sons of the People] Who urged his compatriots: “Let us dispel the blindness from our intellects; let us resolutely dedicate our strength to the triumph of our true and mighty cause, the prosperity and peace of our native land.” [Ang dapat mabatid ng mga tagalog] Who instructed Julio N. Nakpil (Giliw), Exalted President of the Council in the Northern District: “You need to make your authority known around the towns of Bulacan and Nueva Ecija, using the appointments I have sent you; awaken their resolve to be active and don’t let their spirit be broken by the Spanish advances here in the towns of Cavite, because the Revolution here is spreading and getting much stronger due to the towns of Batangas and Laguna crossing over, and perhaps Tayabas, Mindoro, and Camarines will cross over also.” [Limbon (Indang), 24 April 1897]

As for the Emperor, he was charged at the Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan’s Military Sexual Slavery with a crime against humanity: “56. On November 23, 1944, the Japanese army attacked the village of Mapanique and systematically raped an estimated 100 women as part of the wholesale destruction of the village, during which the community was bombed, houses were looted and burned, and men were publicly tortured and slaughtered. The soldiers raped all of the young women and teenage girls of the village whom they could find. Many older women were raped as well. Virginia Manalastas Bangit testified that she was with her niece and another girl when she was taken to the Red House. Although the soldiers dragged them to different parts of the house, she could hear the others screaming, crying, and getting slapped just as she was. She also testified that some soldiers wore a woven bag over their heads to hide their faces.

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“57. Some witnesses testified to seeing their family or neighbors tortured or killed. Tarcila Mangulabnan Sampang was forced to witness the sexual torture of her father. She stated, ‘My father was separated from the other men in the village. He was the only one. They kept pummeling him and took his clothes off. They cut off his penis. I saw him stand there, bloodied, as they sliced his flesh off right in front of us. They made him eat his flesh. I saw my father being tortured right in front of me while I stood there unable to do anything about it.’ Several other witnesses also testified about this incident.”

“102. Hirohito was not the direct superior to Yamashita, the commander of the troops who attacked Mapanique, although he was certainly his superior. The expansion of the Japanese military into Southeast Asia was of critical importance to the war effort and given his position, Hirohito would have followed the war there closely. Hirohito had to have known of the Filipino people’s resistance to the Japanese military and the Japanese military’s brutal suppression of this resistance. Hirohito was clearly on notice that crimes might be committed against civilians, yet he made no attempt to prevent the crimes nor did he ensure the crimes were punished after their commission. Accordingly, we find HIROHITO criminally responsible as a superior for the rape crimes committed against women and girls during the ‘Rape of Mapanique’.” [http://www.iccwomen.org/wigjdraft1/Archives/oldWCGJ/tokyo/summary.html]

Sadly, the world had bypassed the 80th anniversary of the Rape of Mapanique. Interestingly, that date (23 November 2024) was the release of this Statement from the Philippine Presidential Security Command: “Pursuant to the directive of the Executive Secretary, the Presidential Security Command (PSC) has heightened and strengthened its security protocols. We are also closely coordinating with law enforcement agencies to detect, deter, and defend against any and all threats to the President and the First Family. Any threat to the life of the President and the First Family, regardless of its origin—and especially one made so brazenly in public—is treated with the utmost seriousness. We consider this a matter of national security and shall take all necessary measures to ensure the President’s safety.” [https://pco.gov.ph/PCO-content/statement-from-the-presidential-security-command/]

Meanwhile, the chair of NATO’s military committee (Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer) has urged businesses to be prepared for a wartime scenario and adjust their production and distribution lines accordingly in order to be less vulnerable to blackmail from countries such as Russia and China. [https://www.reuters.com/world/top-nato-official-calls-business-leaders-prepare-wartime-scenario-2024-11-25/]

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