RIZAL LAW Flashcards
a measure which, if passed through the legislative process, becomes a law.
Bill
– basically untouched.
Unexpurgated
– involving two chambers of Congress: Senate and House of Representatives.
Bicameral
two chambers of Congress:
Senate and House of Representatives.
• Same legislative procedure for the House of Representatives and the Senate.
• Legislative proposals emanate from several sources.
Can be authored by members of the Senate or House.
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
• Produced through lobbying from various sectors or initiated by executive branch as part of the President’s legislative agenda.
• Once a legislative proposal or bill is ready, it will go through steps.
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
When?
Debates on Rizal bill also ensued in the in House of Representative as HB 5561 was filed by Rep. Jacobo Gonzales.
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19 April 1956
When?
– House Committee on Education approved the bill without amendments.
2 May 1956
When?
Similar amendments were adopted to the version of House of Representatives.
14 May 1956
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When?
- Senate and House versions were approved.
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17 May 1956
- President Ramon Magsaysay singed the bill into law which became RA 1425.
12 June 1956
When?
– Debates started.
Sen. Claro M. Recto, the main author of SB 438 entered into a fierce battle arguing for the passage of the bill.
23 April 1956
– Sen. Jose P. Laurel proposed amendments to the bill.
He removed the compulsory reading of Rizal’s novels and added that Rizal’s other works must be included in the subject.
9 May 1956
When?
– Debates commenced on House of Representative
9 May 1956
In SENATE DEBATE, who are the PRO RIZAL BILL?
Sen. Claro M. Recto (Batangas)
Sen. Jose P. Laurel (Batangas)
In SENATE DEBATE, who are AGAINST IN RIZAL BILL?
Sen. Francisco Soc Rodrigo (Bulacan)
Sen Decoroso R. Rosales (Samar)
Sen. Mariano J. Cuenco (Cebu)
In HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’ DEBATE, who are the PRO RIZAL BILL?
Rep. Jacobo Z. Gonzales (Laguna)
Rep. Mario Bengzon (Pangasinan)
Rep. Joaquin R. Roces (Manila)
Rep. Wenceslao R. Lagumbay (Laguna)
Rep. Emilio P. Cortez (Pampanga)
In HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’ DEBATE, who are AGAINST RIZAL BILL?
Rep. Ramon M. Durano Sr. (Cebu)
Rep. Godofredo P. Ramos (Capiz)
Rep. Miguel D. Cuenco (Cebu)
Rep. Carmen Dinglasan-Consing (Capiz)
Rep. Tecla San Andres Ziga (Albay)
Rep. Jose R. Nuguid (Bataan)
Rep. Marciano Lim (Samar)
Rep. Manuel A. Zosa (Cebu)
Rep. Lucas P. Paredes (Abra)
Senate Bill 438 entitled
“An Act To Make Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo Compulsory Reading Matter in All Public and Private Colleges and Universities and For Other Purposes”.
The debates took (how many weeks) with both sides at loggerheads and involved educational institutions and the Catholic Church.
three weeks
” Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo must be read by all Filipinos. They must be taken to heart, for in their pages we see ourselves as in a mirror, our defects as well as our strength, our virtues as well as our vices. Only then would we become conscious as a people and so learn to prepare ourselves for painful sacrifices that ultimately lead to self- reliance, self-respect, and freedom. “
Sen. Jose P. Laurel
” Rizal did not pretend to teach religion when he wrote those books. He aimed at inculcating civic consciousness in the Filipinos, national dignity, personal pride, and patriotism and if references were made by him in the course of his narration to certain religious practices in the Philippines, in those days, and to the conduct and behavior of erring ministers of the church, it was because he portrayed faithfully the general situation in the Philippines as it then existed.”
Senator Claro M. Recto
” A vast majority of our people are, at the same time Catholic and Filipino citizens. As such, they have two great loves: their country and their faith. These two loves are not conflicting loves. They are harmonious affections, like the love for his father and for his mother.
This is the basis of my stand. Let us not create a conflict between nationalism and religion, between government and the church.”
Senator Francisco “Soc” Rodrigo
Rizal “attacked dogmas, beliefs and practices of the Church. The assertion that Rizal limited himself to castigating undeserving priests and refrained from criticizing, ridiculing or putting in doubt dogmas of the Catholic Church, is absolutely gratuitous and misleading.”
Senator Mariano Cuenco
