The Central Executive Committee (; in modern ) in the Philippines was an
insurgent
An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare against a larger authority. The key descriptive feature of insurgency is its asymmetric nature: small irregular forces face a large, well ...
revolutionary government temporarily established by
Francisco Macabulos on April 17, 1898, shortly after the December 14, 1897, signing of the
Pact of Biak-na-Bato
The Pact of Biak-na-Bato, signed on December 14, 1897, created a truce between Spanish colonial Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera and the revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo to end the Philippine Revolution. Aguinaldo and his fellow re ...
.
That pact established a truce between
Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines and the
revolutionary
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Definition
The term—bot ...
Republic of Biak-na-Bato
The Republic of Biak-na-Bato () was the second revolutionary republican government led by Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippine Revolution that referred to itself as the Republic of the Philippines () and was seated in what is now Biak-na-B ...
calling for the exile of
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (: March 22, 1869February 6, 1964) was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who became the first List of presidents of the Philippines, president of the Philippines (1899–1901), and the first pre ...
and other senior revolutionaries.
The exiled revolutionaries formed the
Hong Kong Junta
The Hong Kong Junta was an organization formed as a revolutionary government in exile by Filipino revolutionaries after the signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato (hereafter termed ''Pact'') on December 15, 1897. It was headed by Emilio Aguinaldo and ...
, and the Central Executive Committee was intended to remain in existence in the Philippines "until a general government of the Republic in these islands shall again be established, with a constitution which provided for a President, Vice President, Secretary of War and Secretary of the Treasury.."
The committee was dissolved shortly after Aguinaldo's May 19, 1898, return to the Philippines.
References
Rebel groups in the Philippines
Philippine Revolution
Guerrilla wars
Rebellions in the Philippines
Wars of independence
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