Emeliano, Chesca Jane 10:30-12:00pm TTh

Sollano, John Michael

R.A. 1425

1. Review the four “whereas”… what is the over-all argument of RA 1425? Why
Study the lifeand works of Jose Rizal?
According to RA 1425, students study the life and works of Rizal so as not to forget
our past and to honor Rizal as a hero. We are mandated to study Rizal so that the youth
will have a source of inspiration for patriotism, especially since this is the time where they

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are very impressionable and could use a role model to develop moral character, personal

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discipline and civic conscience. It is also our duty as Filipinos to not let his name be

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forgotten so that it may live on in our minds and the minds of the future generations.
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2. What is the main difference between the Opening Statement of RA 1425 and
Senate Bill 438? Which do you think is more inflammatory? Why?
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The Opening Statement of RA 1425 generalizes all the works of Jose Rizal, not just
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Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, his two iconic novels. While Senate Bill 438 only
focuses on the said novels; as RA 1425 is a revision of Senate Bill 438 to compromise to
the counter-arguments of the said bill. The Senate Bill 438 gained controversy and debate
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among the senators, Congress and especially with the Church because those who
opposed it found it problematic for their religious belief and also deemed it quite
unnecessary according to them. This would be in contrast when Sen. Laurel amended,
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via substitution, the bill with which is now RA 1425; as it was more compelling than its
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 3. Why Claro M. Recto and Jose P/ Laurel insisted on the reading of Jose Rizal’s
novels and why some member of the Senate and the Church hierarchy opposed
it?
Both senators insisted on the reading of Jose Rizal’s novels because they want us,
the Filipinos, to be influenced by the ideas and ideals of our National Hero and to promote
patriotism. Now some senators opposed this as they deemed it unnecessary. Sen.
Rosales, one of the senators who opposed the bill, argued that the Filipinos who fought
against the Japanese did not read the novels and it did not stop them from fighting against
the Japanese. Jose Rizal’s novels were also heretic as deemed by the Church, which
they say is against religious belief and gave a bad image of the Church.

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4. What condition/s in the 1950’s drove Claro M. Recto and his supporters to push

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for the Rizal Bill?

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As the Philippines became an independent country, free from any colonizers,
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supporters of the Rizal Bill wanted to revert back the minds and spirits of the Filipinos,
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especially the youth, to a time before the education system was Americanized as part of
USA’s colonization, which was evidenced by the prominence of speaking English in
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schools.
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