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Jose protasio rizal Mercado Alonso realonda 1861-
E. Fr. Manuel A. Garcia: best evidence. In Fr. Manuel A. Garcia’s (an archdiocesan archivist way back in 1935) account of events, he came across a bundle of document entitled “Masoneria” In this bundle, he came across the document of retraction which had been long lost. Archbishop O’Doherty, despite the approval of Teodoro Kalaw (the Director of the National Library), was not satisfied with the mere document itself so he requested Prof. H. Otlet Beyer(Professor of Anthropology) in the University of the Philippines to study and examine the Rizal retraction document. He examined Rizal’s supposed handwriting in the document of retraction and compared it with 150 letters and documents that were written in Rizal’s handwriting. There is not slightest doubt that every word on the document of retraction was written by Jose Rizal, except for the signatures of the others witnesses. The whole document was found to be written by Rizal in his normal handwriting. dr. jose i. del rosario also compared this piece of document with numerous letters of dr. jose rizal. Dr jose i. del rosario did not find anything in rizal’s retraction which does not proclaim that the retraction is in fact. He points out the most silient individual characteristic points of identify between the handwriting of the retraction and the undisputed handwriting of rizal. There are two (2) major arguments that support Rizal's Retraction. These are:
To further cement the arguments, new documents were released with new interpretations. These are: The Cuerpo de Vigilencia Translation of the Transcript: “At 7:50 yesterday morning, Jose Rizal entered death row accompanied by his counsel,Señor Tavielde Andrade, and the Jesuit priestVilaclara. At the urgings of the former and moments after entering, he was served a light breakfast. At approximately 9, the Assistant of the Plaza,Señor Maure, asked Rizal if he wanted anything. He replied that at the moment he only wanted a prayer book which was brought to him shortly by Father March. “SeñorAndrade left death row at 10 and Rizal spoke for a long while with the Jesuit fathers, March andVilaclara, regarding religious matters, it seems. It appears that these two presented him with a prepared retraction on his life and deeds that he refused to sign. They argued about the matter until 12:30 when Rizal ate some poached egg and a little chicken. Afterwards he asked to leave to write and wrote for a long time by himself. “At 3 in the afternoon, Father March entered the chapel and Rizal handed him what he had written. Immediately the chief of the firing squad,Señordel Fresno and the Assistant of the Plaza,Señor Maure, were informed. They entered death row and together with Rizal signed the document that the accused had written. It seems this was the retraction.” Rizal's short writing in Josephine Bracken's copy of, " De la Imitacion de Cristo (The Imitations of Christ)"; and Rizal's frequent mentions of "cross" in his final writings. Rizal Died Defiant Arguments that counter the Pro-Retraction have been proposed by some historians due to some loopholes that the pro-Retraction has failed to overlook. These are: