Chapter 1 The Rizal Law
Chapter 1 The Rizal Law
Chapter 1 The Rizal Law
Objectives:
Complete name:
“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”
RIZAL BILL: One of the Most Controversial Bills in Philippine HistoThe measure was
strongly opposed by the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines due to the anti-clerical
themes in Noli Me Tángere and El Filibusterismo. During the 1955 Senate election, the
church charged Recto with being a communist and an anti-Catholic. After Recto's election,
the Church continued to oppose the bill mandating the reading of Rizal's novels Noli Me
Tángere and El Filibusterismo, claiming it would violate freedom of conscience and religion.
In the campaign to oppose the Rizal bill, the Catholic Church urged its adherents
to write to their congressmen and senators showing their opposition to the bill; later, it
organized symposiums. In one of these symposiums, Fr. Jesus Cavanna argued that the
novels belonged to the past and that teaching them would misrepresent current
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conditions. Radio commentator Jesus Paredes also said that Catholics had the right to
refuse to read them as it would "endanger their salvation".
• It is through the works of Rizal, the greatest Filipino patriot, which show not only the
strengths and virtues of the Filipinos but the Filipino’s defects and vices as well.
• Making the Filipinos realize their flaws will prepare themselves for the sacrifices they
have to make to attain freedom.
• The only objective of the bill is to foster the better appreciation of our national hero’s
role in fighting for freedom under the col onialism of the Spaniards, not to go against
any religion.
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1. The day of his birth and day of his execution are fittingly
commemorated by all classes of people throughout the
country and other Filipino abroad.
2. No other Filipino hero can surpass Rizal in the number
of monuments erected in his honor, in towns, barrios and
school.
3. His name is a byword in every home and his picture is
printed and used in postage stamps.
4. The paper money / coins with his image have the widest
circulation that the poorest of the poor can take hold.
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Dr. Mariano M. Ariola The Life and Works of Rizal. Unlimited Books Library Service & Publishing
Inc.: 2018
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