MANILA 3rd District Representative John Marvin Nieto filed a resolution urging the executive department to recognize Andres Bonifacio as the first president of the Philippines.

In House Resolution 2385, Nieto urged the Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education to take steps to ensure that education on the life and heroism of Bonifacio be integrated in the elementary, secondary and tertiary curriculum.

Nieto explained that the first Filipino government was established on August 24, 1896.

“We, as Filipinos, must recognize Andres Bonifacio as not only the founder of the Katipunan and the leader of the 1896 revolution, but as the first Filipino President,” Nieto said in his resolution.

The lawmaker stressed that recognizing Bonifacio’s Revolutionary Government is recognizing how the Filipino people regain their Katutubong Soberanya or tribal sovereignty.

He added that recognizing Bonifacio’s will “give justice to a man whose ideals is to give the Filipinos a government with a God-fearing and stronger moral foundation such as ‘pagtitiwala sa Maykapal, puri, kagandahang asal ng bayan, dangal, kaginhawaan,” Nieto added.