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Janet S. Reguindin
Introduction
Because of the implementation of Rizal Law, more than 50 years that the students are taking up Rizal course It is important to know the context of the passage of the said law We need to study the history of the Philippines after World War II (Post War Philippines)
(1) American Neocolonialism prevailed particularly in the Economic, Political and Military aspects
(A) Political
Tydings McDuffie Law (1935) Japanese Occupation (1942-1945) Philippine Independence (July 4,1946) Paved the way for Treaties and Pacts that gave US the power to dominate the Philippines
(B) Economic
(C) Military
Military Assistance Agreement (1946) Military Bases Agreement (1947) Mutual Defense Pact (1951)
We, too, can prosper, as other nations which have become free and have known how to rely on themselves with dignity and selfrespect have prospered. Our people deserve a better fate, a destiny realized in happiness and freedom
- Claro M. Recto
As a Rizal expert, CM Recto thought of studying Rizals life and works to solve these social issues
the reading of Rizals novels would strengthen the Filipinism of the youth and foster patriotism.
- C. M. Recto
Sen. Laurel as the head of the Senate Committee on Education presented the bill, although the author of it was Sen. Claro M. Recto.
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 two loves are not conflicting loves. They are harmonious affections, like the love of 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. - Senator Francisco Rodrigo
Rizals novels belong to the past and it would be harmful to read them because they presented a false picture of conditions in the country at that time. Noli Me Tangere is an attack on the clergy and its object was to put to ridicule the Catholic faith. The novel was not really patriotic because out of 333 pages, only 25 contained patriotic passages while 120 were devoted to anti-Catholic attack. - Fr. Jesus Cavanna
(speaker on the symposium organized by CAM)
Since some parts of the novels had been declared objectionable matter by the hierarchy, Catholics had the right to refuse to read them so as not to endanger their salvation. - Jesus Paredes Radio commentator
the bill was Rectos revenge against the Catholic voters who, together with Magsaysay, were responsible for his poor showing in the 1955 senatorial elections.
- Narciso Pimentel Jr. Radio commentator
: But I cannot allow my son who is now 16 to read the Noli Me Tangere and the El Filibusterismo lest he lose his faith.
Sen. Rodrigo
In his 3-hour speech, Recto bravely said that the process the SB 438 was going was no different from Rizals experience under the Dominicans
Moreover, Recto said that the pastoral letter should open the eyes of the people to the real enemies of Rizal and true nationalism
According to Recto, They (Catholic Church) are making too much profit which they can illafford to give up.
Rizal did not pretend to teach religion or theology when he wrote these 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 - CM Recto
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.
-Senator Jose P. Laurel
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 Filiobusterismo, authorizing the printing and distribution, thereof, and for other purposes.
Clearly, the term compulsion was deleted and . President Ramon Magsaysay signed SB 438 and became Republic Act 1425 on Hunyo 12,1956
Nasaan ang kabataang dapat mag-alay ng kanyang kasariwaan, ng kanyang mga panaginip at sigasig ukol sa kabutihan ng kanyang Inang Bayan?...Hinihintay namin kayo, o mga kabataan! Halikayo sapagkat hinihintay namin kayo!
- Padre Florentino El Filibusterismo
Maraming Salamat!
Mabuhay ang mga Kabataang Para sa Bayan!