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What are the issues over the passage of Rizal bill?

Answer 1

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Senator Claro M. Recto was the main proponent of the Rizal Bill. He sought to sponsor the bill at Congress. However, this was met with stiff opposition from the Catholic Church. 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 violate freedom of conscience and religion.  A republic act as drastic as the Rizal Law, which requires the study of Rizal’s life and works—something that does not need to be required in the first place—can only be born out of the fact that Rizal and his works were not given a high priority in the educational system of the country prior to the release of this act.Rizal Law. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Republic Act No. 1425, known as the Rizal Law, mandates all educational institutions in the Philippines to offer courses about José Rizal. 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 . Senator Claro M. Recto was the main proponent of the Rizal Bill. He sought to sponsor the bill at Congress. However, this was met with stiff opposition from the Catholic Church.

Answer 2

The Catholic Church in the Philippines organized its resources to block Recto's bill from becoming law as soon as it was made aware of it.

• Ironically, the Church continued to consider Rizal's books to be blasphemous almost 70 years after the publication of Noli Me Tangere.
• The same influence was utilized by the Catholic Church in the Philippines 120 years ago to forbid Filipinos from reading novels.
• The law was opposed by none other than Manila Archbishop Rufino Santos in a passionate pastoral letter.
• To the chagrin of then-Manila Mayor Arsenio Lacson, who purportedly left the service when he heard the pastoral letter being read, it was read at all masses across the nation.
• One of the most outspoken backers of the Rizal Bill was Lacson.
• In his pastoral letter, Archbishop Santos stated that requiring students to read the actual works of Rizal would be detrimental to their education.
• The Rizal Bill's opponents portrayed Recto as a communist and an opponent of the Catholic faith. The Church was concerned that the bill would violate its right to freedom of conscience and religion, according to Abinales and Amoroso (2005).

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