RIZAL LAW

Veto Power

senate power to pass a bill into a law without the president’s approval

1956

• Filipino identity was waning

• nationalist policy-makers took action to emphasize importance of history as foundation of national hope and pride

April 3, 1956

• proposed Senate Bill 438

• submitted it to Senate Committee on Education

Sen. Claro M. Recto

proposed the Senate Bill 438

Senate Bill 438

an act to make Noli Me Tangere and El FFilibusterismo a compulsory reading matter (all private, public colleges and university)

April 17, 1956

• a senator sponsored the Noli-Fili Bill (Senate BIll 438) and presented it to the upper house

Sen. Jose P Laurel Sr.

• chairman off Commitee on Education

• sponsored the Noli-Fili Bill

Father Jesus Cavanna

• argued that Rizal’s novels shouldn’t be taught

• “it was written in the time of Rizal”

333

number of pages of Noli Me Tangere

25

nationalistic passages of Noli Me Tangere

120

anti-catholic passages from Noli Me Tangere

170

offensive lines for catholic church from Noli Me Tangere

House Bill 5561

a similar bill to Senate Bill 438

Congressman Jacobo Z. Gonzales

filled House Bill 5561

April 12, 1956 and May 14, 1956

• Senate Bill 438 and House Bill No. 5561 both unanimously approved on the second reading (in lower house)

Ramon Magsaysay

• President who approved the Bill that became the Republic Act 1425

June 12, 1956

Republic Act 1425 (Rizal Law) approved

Rizal Law

Republic Act 1425

*Rizal Law

requires all schools, college, university (private/public) to study the life, works, and writings of rizal (particularly Noli and Fili)

R.A. 1425, Section 1

requires all schools, universities, and colleges, to include Rizal’s life, works, and writings, particularly Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusteristmo

50

offensive lines for catholic church from El Filibusterismo

R.A. 1425, Section 2

all libraries must have enough/adequate/sufficient no. of copies (original and unexpurgated) of Rizal’s work

R.A. 1425, Section 3

translation to english, tagalog, and Philippine dialects of the works of Rizal

R.A.1425, Section 4

prohibiting the professor/teacher to discuss their own religious beliefs and values while teaching Rizal’s life and works to students

R.A. 1425, Section 5

budgeting 300k to implement the law

R.A. 1425, Section 6

approval on effect (June 12, 1956) by president Ramon Magsaysay

Patriorism

• love for ideals, values, and people

• seen as positive

• freedom for own’s development

Nationalism

• seen as extreme ideologies or aggression

• dominant superiority