Dear brother Knights and Ladies,
It is time to move on and forget our travails - under a new corporate arrangement/structure. After careful analysis of what has befallen the Orderof the Knights of Rizal it appears it has simply outgrown itself. The following editorial in the Scarborough website (http://www.rizalcanada.org/<http://www.rizalcanada.org/> ) explains this view:
Editorial
Reality check: the time to struggle ends, it is time to re-structure
There are some among the ranks of 'illustrious' members of the Order who have recently tried to pontificate about giving Acting Supreme Commander Esguerra and his Council the benefit of the doubt and joined him in his appeal for calmness and sobriety among warring 'knights'. After three weeks of non-action following what initially seemed like a noble effort on the part of Sir Esguerra, these people who for so long were in deep slumber and who were seemingly oblivious to the reality of the organization's slow self-destruction process should now be fully awakened to the utter hopelessness of Manila's ability to manage a multicultural fraternity.
If the Order of the Knights of Rizal were a business enterprise it would fit the description of a multinational corporation active in various countries around the world. But given the current state of the corporation it would be a failing venture as the losses and liabilities continue to dramatically grow. What profit there is would be padded and deceiving. Worse, it is now breaking apart in some places even without the threat of a hostile takeover. The people, the members themselves are taking over.
Once considered a positive impetus, even reforms such as originally advanced by the Knights of Rizal Reform Movement have also now become irrelevant because of that hopelessness. The Reformists themselves need to redirect their efforts. Just as Rizal's own reform agenda did not work out due to Spain's indifference and belligerence against the indigenous people of the Philippines, so is the attempt of the KRRM to restore honor and dignity to the Order after the 2002-2005 'war of attrition' among factions in Manila. Both the Supreme Council and the Council of Elders have proven to be not only grossly ignorant, they have also shamefully manifested callousness and arrogance. To the gallant 'defenders' of these honorable men note that the issue is not about anybody's personal honor. It is simply about their incompetence and indifference, as the facts attest.
Assuming there was an honest effort on the part of the leadership to recognize the need for true and meaningful changes, five years is long enough to wait for those to take place. To their discredit there was no such effort. They did not know what to do then and they do not know what to do now. The time therefore has come to face and recognize the reality - the reality that on its 96th year of existence the Order of the Knights of Rizal has simply outgrown itself and that international leadership for all practical intents and purposes can no longer be confined and limited to those who are in the Philippines. As it nears its centennial year, the time has come to re-structure and move on to a new stage in its corporate life. The time is ripe to consider federalization.
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There are some among the ranks of 'illustrious' members of the Order who have recently tried to pontificate about giving Acting Supreme Commander Esguerra and his Council the benefit of the doubt and joined him in his appeal for calmness and sobriety among warring 'knights'. After three weeks of non-action following what initially seemed like a noble effort on the part of Sir Esguerra, these people who for so long were in deep slumber and who were seemingly oblivious to the reality of the organization's slow self-destruction process should now be fully awakened to the utter hopelessness of Manila's ability to manage a multicultural fraternity.
If the Order of the Knights of Rizal were a business enterprise it would fit the description of a multinational corporation active in various countries around the world. But given the current state of the corporation it would be a failing venture as the losses and liabilities continue to dramatically grow. What profit there is would be padded and deceiving. Worse, it is now breaking apart in some places even without the threat of a hostile takeover. The people, the members themselves are taking over.
Once considered a positive impetus, even reforms such as originally advanced by the Knights of Rizal Reform Movement have also now become irrelevant because of that hopelessness. The Reformists themselves need to redirect their efforts. Just as Rizal's own reform agenda did not work out due to Spain's indifference and belligerence against the indigenous people of the Philippines, so is the attempt of the KRRM to restore honor and dignity to the Order after the 2002-2005 'war of attrition' among factions in Manila. Both the Supreme Council and the Council of Elders have proven to be not only grossly ignorant, they have also shamefully manifested callousness and arrogance. To the gallant 'defenders' of these honorable men note that the issue is not about anybody's personal honor. It is simply about their incompetence and indifference, as the facts attest.
Assuming there was an honest effort on the part of the leadership to recognize the need for true and meaningful changes, five years is long enough to wait for those to take place. To their discredit there was no such effort. They did not know what to do then and they do not know what to do now. The time therefore has come to face and recognize the reality - the reality that on its 96th year of existence the Order of the Knights of Rizal has simply outgrown itself and that international leadership for all practical intents and purposes can no longer be confined and limited to those who are in the Philippines. As it nears its centennial year, the time has come to re-structure and move on to a new stage in its corporate life. The time is ripe to consider federalization.
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Your reaction to the preceding will be greatly appreciated.
In Rizal,
The Editor
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