A day after walking out of the Tejeros Convention, Bonifacio officially proclaimed its nullity, claiming it was “disorderly and tarnished by chicanery,” through the document Acta de Tejeros. A month after, he furthered the claim of betrayal by other Katipunan members through the Acta de Naic.
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| Aguinaldo inadvertently listened to a Bonifacio-led meeting at the Naic Estate House (April 19, 1897). There he saw his two generals, Mariano Noriel and Pio del Pilar, seated at the right side of Bonifacio in the company of their ministers and Captain General Artemio Ricarte. During the meeting, Bonifacio read an anonymous letter revealing that Aguinaldo would (allegedly) surrender all the revolutionary forces to Spaniards upon their entry to Naic. This led those present at the meeting to decide to unseat the current (Aguinaldo-led) government and punish anyone | The Acta de Naic (April 19, 1897) declared all combatants to be under the command of Gen. Pio del Pilar with only those who have shown loyalty to the Supremo vested with full power. It also stated that anyone found disloyal may be punished on the spot. | The Naic Agreement was a result of the continuous non-recognition of Bonifacio in the Tejeros assembly where a revolutionary government had been already created installing Aguinaldo as president. On the 23rd of March, they even drafted a document called Acta de Tejeros which formally invalidating the Tejeros assembly. However, This proved futile since the majority in the Tejeros assembly recognized Aguinaldo as president. The creation of the revolutionary government in Tejeros on March 22, 1897 rendered all initiatives to form a government thereafter as void including that of Bonifacio. - Dr. Emmanuel Calairo |
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