Re Public A CT 1425: The Rizal Law

 The Making of Rizal Law
 Notable Persons Who Tried To Block Its

Approval Republic Act 1425:
 Intentions/Reasons of Persons Who Blocked
The Rizal Law
the Approval of Rizal Bill
 Notable Persons Who Fought For Its Approval
 Intentions/Reasons of Persons Who Pushed for
the Approval of Rizal Bill
 Salient Points of Rizal Law
 Teaching of Rizal Course in College
 Important Issuances Relative to the
Implementation of Rizal Law
 Rizal: A Legislated and Mandated Course
The Making of Rizal Law
In 1956, Senator Jose

P. Laurel filed Senate
Bill 448 or the Rizal Bill.
Its passage was rough due
to several persons who
tried to block its approval.
Notable Persons Who Tried To
Block Its Approval:
Sen. Decoroso Rosales – brother of
Archbishop (Cardinal) Rosales
Francisco “Soc” Rodrigo – President of

Catholic Action of the Philippines
Sen. Mariano Cuenco – brother of

Archbishop Cuenco
Jesus Paredes – radio commentator
Fr. Jesus Cavana – member of the Paulist

Order who wrote a pastoral letter
The Friars
Intentions/Reasons of Persons Who
Blocked the Approval of Rizal Bill
 The Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo

are very damaging to the clerics.
 The novels were written when Dr. Jose

Rizal, estranged from Catholic faith and
religion and contradict many of the
Christian beliefs.
 To compel Catholic students to read a book
which contains passages contradicting their faith
constitutes a violation of a Philippine
constitutional provision (Art. 3, Sec. 1, Par. 7).
 The novels do contain teachings contrary to

Catholic faith and so, the Church is opposed to
the proposed compulsory reading in their
entirety of such books in any school in the
Philippines where Catholic students may be
affected.
Notable Persons Who Fought For
Its Approval:
Sen. Jose P. Laurel
Claro M. Recto
Other Illustrious
Nationalists
Intentions/Reasons of Persons Who
Pushed for the Approval of Rizal
Bill
 There is a need for a rededication to the
ideals of freedom and nationalism for
which our heroes lived and died.
 There is a need to remember with special

fondness and devotion the lives and
works of our heroes who shaped the
national character.
 The life, works and writings of Dr.Jose
Rizal particularly, his novels Noli Me
Tangere and El Filibusterismo are
constant and inspiring source of
patriotism with which the minds of
the youth, especially during their
formative and decisive years in school,
should besuffused.
 There is a need to develop moral

character, personal discipline, civic
conscience and to teach the duties of
citizenship.
Congress passed the
Rizal Bill (Senate Bill
448) and was signed
into Rizal Law
(Republic Act 1425) by
President Ramon
Magsaysay on June
12, 1956.
Salient Points of Rizal Law
 Courses on the life, works and writings of
Dr. Jose Rizal, particularly the novels Noli
Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, shall be
included in the curricula of all schools,
colleges and universities, public and
private.
 It obliged all schools, colleges and

universities to keep in their libraries
adequate number of copies of the
original or unexpurgated editions of
the Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo as well as Rizal's
other works and biography.
 It authorized and directed the Board
of National Education to work for the
translation of Noli Me Tangere
and El Filibusterismo as well as
other writings of Dr. Jose Rizal
into English, Tagalog and other
principal dialects and their printing
in cheap or popular editions and their
circulation.
Teaching of Rizal Course in College
 Rizal as a course has been taught in College

generally as a supplementary course by
teachers of different specializations.
 In most cases, the focus of the course is on

Rizal's biography and trivial matters,
compounded by the varying interpretations of
the spirit and the letter of Rizal law through
the years.
Important Issuances Relative to the
Implementation of Rizal Law
 Approval of R.A. 1425 on June 12, 1956

 Presidential Memorandum Order 247
dated Dec. 26, 1994 – President Ramos
directed the DECS and CHED to
immediately and fully implement R.A.
1425.
 CHED Memorandum
Order 6 dated
February 15, 1996 –
CHED ordered all colleges
and universities to offer
Rizal course as a separate
three-unit course fully and
immediately.
Rizal: A Legislated and Mandated
Course
 Legislated – it is founded on
Republic Act 1425 (Rizal Law)
 Mandated – it is ordered by
Presidential Memorandum Order
247 and CHED Memorandum
Order 6.
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 The Making of Rizal Law

 Notable Persons Who Tried To Block Its

In 1956, Senator Jose

Francisco “Soc” Rodrigo – President of

Sen. Mariano Cuenco – brother of

Fr. Jesus Cavana – member of the Paulist

 The Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo

 The novels were written when Dr. Jose

 The novels do contain teachings contrary to

Sen. Jose P. Laurel

 There is a need to remember with special

 There is a need to develop moral

 It obliged all schools, colleges and

 Rizal as a course has been taught in College

 In most cases, the focus of the course is on

 Approval of R.A. 1425 on June 12, 1956

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