RLW MODULE 1 Flashcards
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Known as Rizal Bill
Senate Bill 438
Who brought the bill to senate?
Senator Claro M. Recto
Considered as one of the most controversial bills in the Philippines
Rizal Bill (Senate Bill 438)
Who is the Charmain of the Comitte on Education?
Senator Jose B. Laurel Sr
Who are the 3 senators headedly opposed the bill?
- Senator Francisco Rodrigo
- Senator Mariano Cuenco
- Senator Decoroso Rosales
Played a major role for the intervention of signing of the bill into a law
Catholic Church
Submitted a pastoral letter to which according, Rizal violated Canon Law 1399 which forbids or bans books that attact or ridicule the catholic doctrine and practices
The Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)
Oppositors argued that among the 333 pages of Noli Me Tangere
25 passages - nationalistic
120 passages - anti-catholic
Scrutiny of the two novels by some members of catholic hierarchical
170 passages in Noli Me Tangere
50 in El Filibusterismo are against catholic faith
Who defended the bill and argued that the only objective of the bill is to keep the memory of the national hero alive in every Filipino’s mind, to emanate Rizal as he peacefully fought for freedomr, and not to go against religion
Recto and Laurel
*Also defended by Senators:
1.Lorenso Tanada
2.Quintin Paredes
3.Domocao Alonto of Mindanao
Who called anti-rizal bill “bigoted and intolated”
Mayor Arsenio Lacson
Who are the senators ended with a fistfight in congress.
Ramon Durano (Cebu Representative) & Emilio Cortes (Pampanga Representative)
Who threatened to campaign against pro-rizal bill legislators and to punish them in future elections.
Bishop Manuel Yap (Bacolod City)
who threatened to close down their schools if the Rizal Bill was Passed
Catholic Schools Representative
Who rejected the amendment and expressed: “The people who would eliminate the books of Rizal from the schools… would blot out from our minds the memory of the national hero… this is not a fight against Recto but a fight against Rizal… now that Rizal is dead and they can no longer attempt at his life, they are attempting to blot out his memory “
Claro M. Recto
> Who created an amendment to the original bill
Other that Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, works written by Rizal and works written by others about Rizal would be included and reading of the unexpurgated revision of the two novels would no longer be compulsory to elementary and secondary levels but would be strictly observed to college
level.
Senator Laurel
Who suggested the exemption to those students who feel that reading Rizal’s novels would negatively affect his or her faith?
Senator Lim
Created an additional amendment that promulgates the rules and regulations in getting an exemption only from reading the two novels through written statement
or affidavit and not from taking the Rizal Course.
Senator Primicias
After the revised amendments, the bill was passed on?
May 17, 1956
Signed into law as Republic Act 1425 by?
President Ramon Magsaysay on June 12, 1956
Is about implementing rules to educate people about the Life, Works, and Writings of our national hero Dr.Jose Riszal, especially his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo
The Rizal Law
An act to include in the curricula of all public and private schools, colleges and universities courses on the life, works and writings of Jose Rizal particularly his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, authorizing the printing and distribution thereof, and for other purposes
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425
