In the municipality of Maragondón on this 4th day of May, 1897, before the Investigating officer appeared the person of Andrés Bonifacio, 33 years old, married and a native of Tondo, Manila, with occupation as President of the Revolution and head of the Katipunan. In the course of the investigation he was asked if he knew of the existence of a revolutionary government in this province to which he answered that he did not know…
Asked whether he was in that meeting at Tejeros, [where] Emilio Aguinaldo had been elected President, he replied that because confusion reigned at the time, nothing resulted therefrom and the matters taken up were declared null and void, including the topics taken up by the Magdiwang ministers and the election of Artemio Ricarte as commander-in-chief of the Tagalog provinces, all of which resulted in proving that irregularities were committed and anything taken up did not express the will of the people; thus, he was not in a position to say that General Emilio Aguinaldo had been elected President of the whole archipelago.
Asked whether Emilio Aguinaldo took his oath of office immediately after his election as President, he answered he did not know….
The hearing was adjourned and after reading [the transcript] and informing him of his statement, the declarant signed it; the Secretary afterwards attested to its correctness.
