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The document summarizes the trials of passing the Rizal Bill in the Philippine Senate in 1956. The bill's main proponents were Senator Claro M. Recto and Senator Jose P Laurel, while the Catholic Church and various Catholic Senators opposed it. After debates between proponents and opposition between April and June 1956, President Magsaysay eventually signed the bill into law as R.A. 1425. The bill aimed to disseminate Rizal's ideals and ideas, remind Filipinos of their history and culture, and help appreciate Rizal's role. Famous arguments from Senators Recto, Rodrigo, and Laurel are also summarized regarding compulsory reading of Rizal's works and

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Module 1 - Learning Activity 1

The document summarizes the trials of passing the Rizal Bill in the Philippine Senate in 1956. The bill's main proponents were Senator Claro M. Recto and Senator Jose P Laurel, while the Catholic Church and various Catholic Senators opposed it. After debates between proponents and opposition between April and June 1956, President Magsaysay eventually signed the bill into law as R.A. 1425. The bill aimed to disseminate Rizal's ideals and ideas, remind Filipinos of their history and culture, and help appreciate Rizal's role. Famous arguments from Senators Recto, Rodrigo, and Laurel are also summarized regarding compulsory reading of Rizal's works and

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THE TRIALS OF THE

RIZAL BILL
PROPONENTS
Senator Claro M. Recto
Senator Jose P Laurel
OPPOSITION
The Catholic Church
Various Prominent Catholic Senators
TIMELINE
1956
April 3 April 17 April 23 May 9 May 12 June 12
Committee of Senator Jose P. Debates began Laurel proposed Second reading President
Education filed Laurel sponsored between an amendment by of the substitute Magsaysay
Senate Bill No. the Bill proponents and substitution bill was approved signed the Bill
433 opposition by the Senate and became R.A.
1425
OBJECTIVES

A. B. C.

To disseminate To be reminded To better


the ideals and of our defects, appreciate
ideas of Rizal strengths, Rizal and
virtues, and his role in
vices. history
FAMOUS ARGUMENTS
“Rizal did not pretend to teach religion
or theology when he wrote those books. He
aimed at inculcating civic consciousness in
the Filipinos, national dignity, personal
Senator Recto pride, and patriotism, and if references
were made by him in the course of his
(proponent) 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 of the
Philippines as it then existed.”
FAMOUS ARGUMENTS
“A vast majority of our people are at
the same time Catholics and Filipino
citizens. As such, they have two great
loves: their country and their faith. These
Senator Rodrigo two loves are not conflicting loves. They
are harmonious affections, like the love of
(against the bill) a child 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 the government and
the church.”
FAMOUS ARGUMENTS
“In my substitute bill, I have included not only the Noli and the
Fili but all the works and writings of Rizal and even those written by
other people about him. I eliminated the compulsion idea, although
deep in myself, considering my own information, my own
knowledge of the history of mankind, however poor and however
incomplete, notwithstanding my own personal conviction that the
state can properly require, in the case of Filipinos, the compulsory
Senator Laurel reading of the Fili and the Noli. After consulting my own religious
conscience as one belonging to my own church, I removed the idea
of compulsion. You will no longer find the word ‘compulsory’ or
(proponent) ‘compulsion’ in the substitute bill that I have filed.
But there is one thing one which there could be no
compromise so far as I am concerned. I have reached the
saturation point. I have reached the dead end of a blind alley. I can
go no farther; and this I say: If Rizal was a hero, and on that there
could be no debate, if Rizal is a national hero these books that he
has written, whenever read, must be read in the unexpurgated,
original form. Otherwise, I would prefer to have this bill defeated,
defeated ignominiously if you wish, but then I shall have fulfilled my
duty.”
THANK YOU FOR READING
MY PRESENTATION

Mr. Gerard Dominic A. Vizcocho

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