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Jose Rizal's Reform During The Spanish Government In The Philippines

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During the Spaniards’ government in the Philippines, our country faced countless problems to the extent that it needs a reformation. According to Dr. Jose Rizal’s article that was published in the La Solidaridad on December 15, 1890, which was the “Como Se Gobiernan Las Filipinas”(How One Governs in the Philippines), “the causes to which the misgovernment and the slow death of the country are attributed depend on who studies them”. In here, he mentioned 4 major causes, which are the following: (1) the friars, (2) the liberals, (3) the government officials and (4) the Filipinos.
THE FRIARS
The reform was not only motivated just because of the government officials but also because the friars, which also governed our country and were the …show more content…

On the other hand, they’ve lost their responsibility in terms of being a citizen of this country. According to Rizal, the Filipino natives are partly to blame because they lack of national settlement and didn't completely showed patriotism to the country because of fear. Unlike Jose Rizal, he risked everything to the extent that he has to sacrifice his life. Since the Spaniards never gave them the chance to be educated they turn out to be blind to see the evil things that the Spaniards was doing for them were not good enough for the country, which they take as an …show more content…

Jose Rizal, the Spanish rulers’ method of governing a conquered country was a failure because it led to a lot of negativity and they used the Philippines as an advantage instead of educating the people of it and developing it through the science of self-government. In fact, they abused the Filipino people by means of exploitation because they required them to work for labor and military services. During their governance, there’s an existing law that if you say something against the government it is considered as a crime, which violates the right of the people to voice out their thoughts about the government. In short, their governance was busy with saving for themselves or being self-centered, which made the Filipino people to be ignorant hence; they were blinded on establishing a national

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