 Monogram of La Liga Filipina | |
| Successor | Cuerpo de Compromisarios Katipunan |
|---|---|
| Formation | July 3, 1892 |
| Founder | José Rizal |
| Founded at | Tondo, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Affiliations | Propaganda Movement |
La Liga Filipina (lit. 'The Philippine League') was a secret society. It was founded by José Rizal in the house of Doroteo Ongjunco at Ilaya Street, Tondo, Manila on July 3, 1892.[1][2]
The organization derived from La Solidaridad and the Propaganda movement.[3] The purpose of La Liga Filipina was to build a new group that sought to involve the people directly in the reform movement.[4]
The league was to be a sort of mutual aid and self-help society dispensing scholarship funds and legal aid, loaning capital and setting up cooperatives, the league became a threat to Spanish authorities that they arrested Rizal on July 6, 1892, then he was sent to Dapitan.[5]
During the exile of Rizal, the organization became inactive,[6] though through the efforts of Domingo Franco and Andrés Bonifacio,[7] it was reorganized. The organization decided to declare its support for La Solidaridad and the reforms it advocated, raise funds for the paper, and defray the expenses of deputies advocating reforms for the country before the Spanish Cortes. Eventually after some disarray in the leadership of the group, the Supreme Council of the League dissolved the society.[8]
Liga membership split into two groups when it was about to be revealed: the conservatives formed the Cuerpo de Compromisarios which pledged to continue supporting the La Solidaridad while the radicals led by Bonifacio devoted themselves to a new and secret society, the Katipunan.
- ^ Halili, M. c (2004). Philippine History. Rex Bookstore, Inc. p. 136. ISBN 9789712339349. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ Keat Gin Ooi, ed. (2004). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor. ABC-CLIO. p. 755. ISBN 1576077705.
- ^ Francia, Luis H. (2013). History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos. Abrams. ISBN 9781468315455. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ Halili, M. c (2004). Philippine History. Rex Bookstore, Inc. p. 136. ISBN 9789712339349. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ Zaide, Gregorio F. (1976). Rizal: His Exile to Dapitan. St. Mary's. p. 193. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ Guillermo, Artemio R. (2012). Historical Dictionary of the Philippines. Scarecrow Press. p. 246. ISBN 9780810872462. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ "Franco, Domingo T." CulturEd: Philippine Cultural Education Online. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ Ooi, Keat Gin (2004). Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor. ABC-CLIO. p. 755. ISBN 9781576077702. Retrieved August 19, 2019.