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RAFAEL PALMA’S CRITICAL

ANALYSES ON RIZAL
RETRACTION
 Analysis Rizal’s Retraction
 At least four texts of Rizal’s retraction have
surfaced. The fourth text appeared in El
Impartial on the day after Rizal’s execution; it
is the short formula of the retraction.
 The first text was published in La Voz Española
and Diaro de Manila on the very day of Rizal’s
execution Dec, 30, 1896, The second text
appeared in Barcelona, Spain, on February
14,1897 , in the fortnightly magazine in La
Juventud; it came from an anonymous writer
revealed himself. Fourteen years later as Fr.
Balaguer. The “original” text was discovered in
the archdiocesan achieves on May 18, 1935,
After it disappeared for thirty-nine years from
the afternoon of the day when Rizal was shot.
 Rafael Palma
 Born in Tondo, Manila on
October 24, 1874.
 Took his BA degree in
De Manila (1885) and
finished law at UST (1892).
 Rafael Palma
*Elected as senator and Governor
General
* Inaugurated as the fourth
President of the University of the
Philippines (1925-1933)
* Was married to Carolina Ocampo
 Rafael Palma
 Report in La independencia
but after General Luna’s
Death hassumed the
editorship.
 Passed the bar examinations
and founded the newspaper
El Renacimiento (1901).
 His, Works

 The Woman and the Right

to vote.
 The Pride of the Malay Race.