LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL REVIEWER
LESSON 1 : INTRODUCTION TO RIZAL COURSE : REPUBLIC ACT 1425
 Republic Act 1425 - aka Rizal Law was approved and signed by President Ramon Magsaysay on
June 12, 1956.
 It is an act of mandating all public and private institutions including state colleges and universities
to include the Dr. Jose Rizal’s life, works, and writings as a course across programs.
 Senator Claro M. Recto - main proponent of the Rizal Bill (Senate Bill 438)
 Recto believed that studying the life and works of Jose Rizal would be instrumental in teaching the
youth to stand up for their country, therefore embodying the values and ideals of Rizal.
 House Representative Jacobo Gonzales - main proponent of the House Bill 5561 (An Act to Include
the Compulsory Teaching of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo in the Curricula of all Public
and Private Schools, Colleges, and Universities)
 Senator Jose P. Laurel - Head of the Senate Committee on Education.
 Sen. Laurel helped Sen. Recto defend the viability and practicality of having the bill enacted into law.
 Sen Laurel firmly believed that the passing of the bill into law will be integral in achieving the noble
intent of bringing to the Filipinos a sense of nationalism that would help them understand the
importance of sovereignty.
 Oppositions: Individual
1.
Francisco Rodrigo
2.
Decoroso Rosales
3.
Jesus Paredes
 Organizations
1.
Catholic Action of the Philippines
2.
Congregation of the Mission
3.
Knights of Columbus
4.
Catholic Teachers Guild
 Intentions/Reasons for Blocking the Approval of the then Rizal Bill
1.
The Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo are very damaging to the clerics.
2.
The novels constitutes a violation of Philippine constitutional provision.