Rizal Law Flashcards
a Philippine law that requires all schools in the Philippines, both public and private, to offer courses on the life, works and writings of the national hero Dr. Jose Rizal.
Rizal Law or RA 1425
who proposed senate bill no. 438 and submitted it to the senate committee on education.
Claro M. Recto, on April 3, 1956
“an act to make noli me tangere and el filibusterismo compulsory reading matter in all public and private college
“Noli-Fili bill” Senate bill no. 438
who was then the chairman of the committee on education, sponsored the noli-fili bill in the senate and presented it to
the upper house.
Senator Jose P. Laurel, Sr. on April 17, 1956,
-Since jose rizal criticized the catholic church, the noli-fili bill was met with stiff opposition from the latter’s head and supporters.
- According to the, the bill was an attempt to discredit the catholic religion.
The catholic church’s opposition to the Noli-fili bill
Among the 333 pages of noli me tangere, only how many passages are nationalistic while how many passages are anticatholic.
25 passages are nationalistic
130 passages are anticatholic
how many lines in noli and el fili were offensive to the catholic doctrine.
170 lines from noli me tangere
50 lines in el filibusterusmo
who filed a similar bill called house bill no. 5561 to the house of representatives. Unfortunately, akin to noli-fili bill, house
bill no. 5561 has also been opposed contending its constitutionality and religiosity
Congressman Jacobo Z. Gonzales on April 19, 1956
The enactment of “ Rizal Law”
Senator laurel proposed a substitute bill with a few tweaks to appease the opposition.
- Instead of noli and el fili, the new substitute bill now includes a wider range of works and writings by jose rizal.
- The implementation of reading Unexpurgated versions of noli me tangere and el filibusterismo will only be for
college or university students
Unexpurgated
not censored or edited to remove
offensive or objectionable content.
Expurgated
to remove or censor offensive or objectionable content, especially from a text
what bills were both unanimously
approved on the second reading and in the lower house.
senate bill no. 438 and house bill no. 5561 On May 12, 1956 and may 14, 1956,
what date does the bill was signed into law by president ramon Magsaysay giving birth to republic act 1425 of the rizal law
On June 12, 1956
act to include in the curricula of all public an private schools, colleges and universities courses on the life, works and writings of jose rizal, particularly his novels noli me
tangere and ei filibusterismo, authorizing the printing and distribution thereof, and for other purposes.
RIZAL LAW
These catholic groups organized opposition the bill:
o Catholic action of the Philippines
o Congregation of the mission
o Knights of columbus
o Catholic teacher guild
