Damaso is associated with the Spanish friars in the novel by our national hero, Jose Rizal. And the name connotates the bad guy, the one who opposes the good guy or the hero.
Damaso represents the Roman Catholic priests who think that they are more powerful than the state and that whatever they decree should be considered as absolutes.
Damaso, to me, is like the Pharisees of the bible with whom Jesus constantly clashed.
Times have changed but some systems in this world will never go away. And these are the people like Damaso.
