all about Rizal

1. ASSIGNMENT NO. 2 RODRIGUEZ, Luzille, A.
April 12, 2016 2nd
year BS Accountancy
The Controversy over the RIZAL LAW of 1956
The RIZAL Centennial (1861-1961)
RIZAL LAW
 also known as REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425
 mandates all educational institutions in the Philippines to
offer courses about José Rizal.
 The full name of the law is 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.
 Senator Claro M. Recto was the main proponent of the Rizal Bill.
 The Republic Act was signed by the President that time, Fidel V. Ramos, on June 12,
1956
THE CONTROVERSY
The 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 violatefreedom 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 conditions. Radio commentator
Jesus Paredes also said that Catholics had the right to refuse to read them as it would "endanger
their salvation".
Groups such as Catholic Action of the Philippines, the Congregation of the Mission,
the Knights of Columbus, and the Catholic Teachers Guild organized opposition to the bill; they
were countered by Veteranos de la Revolucion (Spirit of 1896), Alagad in Rizal, the
Freemasons, and the Knights of Rizal. The Senate Committee on Education sponsored a bill co-
written by both José P. Laurel and Recto, with the only opposition coming from Francisco Soc
Rodrigo, Mariano Jesús Cuenco, and Decoroso Rosales.
RL-56
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The Noli and Fili were
required readings for
college students.

2. RIZAL CENTENNIAL 1861-1961
Theme 100th Birth Anniversary of Jose Rizal
Obverse Portrait of Jose Rizal, "Jose Rizal * Centennial * National Hero", "1861", "1961"
Reverse
Seal of the Republic of the Philippines, “Central Bank of the Philippines * One
Peso *” / “Half Peso”
Year  1961
Denomination 50-sentimo & 1-piso
Precious Metal Component Silver
Note
-Images do not depict the actual size.
-NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE
-Demonetized
SOURCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizal_Law
https://teamcrisostomo.wordpress.com/what-is-the-rizal-law/
http://www.gov.ph/1956/06/12/republic-act-no-1425/
http://www.bsp.gov.ph/bspnotes/comm1961.html