00:00We will now read along with some works by famous Filipino painters,
00:06a copy of the Declaration of Independence of the Philippines.
00:11How much is the first copy of the paper,
00:14which is the original, in the National Library?
00:17Joseph Moro has the answer.
00:24It is a piece of paper,
00:26but the 12 pages of this paper is a large part of one of the most important events in history.
00:37This is a copy of the Act of Proclamation of Independence of the Filipino People
00:42or the Declaration of Independence of the Philippines on June 12, 1898.
00:46This document was written more than 100 years ago by Ambrosio Riazares Bautista.
00:52The Declaration of Independence of the Philippines was written here in Spain after more than 300 years of occupation in the Philippines.
00:58It is the right of Filipinos to be free and to establish their own government under the dictatorship of General Emilio Aguinaldo.
01:08I think the word dictator, maybe at that time it was seen in a different context.
01:14Maybe it didn't have a connotation that may be viewed in a negative sense.
01:21According to Jaime Ponce de Leon,
01:23a soldier of General Emilio Aguinaldo, Jose Manuelo,
01:26is the copy of the original Declaration.
01:29This was at a time when there was no photocopy,
01:32we didn't have an iPhone to ensure that everything is captured in a picture.
01:38It is also said that a copy of the Declaration, the original,
01:42was kept in the National Library
01:44and will be auctioned for the first value of 1.6 million pesos in the Leon Gallery.
01:50Jose Manuelo saw the importance of history,
01:54the Declaration of Independence of the Philippines.
01:57In the Philippines, this is the only thing our historians know,
02:02the Declaration of Independence in existence.
02:05At the same time, some masterpieces of Filipino painters were auctioned,
02:09such as Juan Luna, whose work was painted at the same time as the Spoliarium.
02:15The same was the case of Cesar Legazpi and Fernando Amorzolo
02:19whose work Under the Mango Tree was auctioned for the value of 18 million pesos.
02:25De Leon got this painting in America only two months ago
02:30after the American Edward Nell, who brought the technology of air conditioning to the Philippines,
02:35owned it for about 100 years.
02:38De Leon said that it is important to return to the Philippines
02:41the important works of the Filipino masters in the country.
02:45I felt that it has to come back to the Philippines,
02:49to be seen by Filipinos,
02:51because this is a source of pride that we Filipinos can achieve,
02:55can create something this beautiful.
02:58For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong,
03:01for 24 Hours.
03:11For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong,
03:13for 24 Hours.
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