TRIALS OF THE RIZAL BILL:

 Proposed by Jose. B Laurel, Jr.

 REPUBLICACT 1425 – The Rizal Law
 APRIL 3, 1956 – Filled by the committee of education.
 SENATE BILL NO. 438 – An act to make Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo
compulsory reading matter in all colleges.
 SENATOR CLARO M. RECTO – Debates of Senate, Prestigious Colleague and Ardent
Nationalist.
 SENATORS RODRIGO, ROSALES CUENCO - Derived much support from the
catholic church.
 APRIL 19, 1956 – The conflict reached the house of representatives.
 HOUSE BILL NO. 5561 – Represented by Jacob Z. Gonzales.
 SENATE BILL NO. 438 – Introduced on MAY 9, 1956.
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425 – Made official in June 1956, the act to include the life and
works of Rizal in all schools and colleges. (Noli and El Fili)
BITS OF HISTORY:
1880:
 EL CONSEJO DE LOS DIOSES (THE COUNCIL OF THE GODS)
 PROPAGANDA MOVEMENT WAS BORN
 MARCELO DEL PILAR (PROPAGANDA WAS LAUNCED)
1872:
 EXECUTION OF GOMBURZA (Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, Jacinto Zamora)
WHO IS RIZAL:
 FULL NAME: Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (JPRMyAR)
 FATHER’S NAME: Francisco Rizal y Mercado Alejandro (FRyMA)
 MOTHER’S NAME: Teodora Alonso Realonda y Quintos (TARyQ)
 BORN IN – JUNE 19, 1861, Calamba, Laguna
 DIED ON – DECEMBER 30, 1896, Bagumbayan (Luneta Manila)
 WRITER & POLYMATH
 He was an OPTHALMOLOGIST (Because his mother was going blind)
 Key member of Propaganda
 3 years old, could read.
 5 years old, could write.
 Attended at ATANEO MUNICIPAL DE MANILA (11 y/o)
 19 YEARS OLD, won literary contest in Manila.
 Attended UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE MADRID AT 23 YEARS OLD for
philosophy and literature.
  Heidelberg (25 y/o)
 OPTHALMOSCOPE (Hernan Von Helmoltz)
 9 sisters and 1 brother. (Paciano sent him to Madrid, May 1882)

LAM-CO:
 Hokkein Chinese Merchant
 Father’s ancestor
 From Xiamen, China
 17Th Century
 Farmers

EDUCATION OF RIZAL:
 PHILOSOPHY (Pre-law)
 SOBRESALIENTE
 UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS (Opthalmology)
 Most Documented 19th century.
 Young Asian in the west.
MODULE 2:
AFFAIR:
 1887, his visit to Prague, Maximo Viola
ABUSES DURING THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD:
 Taxation – HEAVY taxes.
 Sexual Abuse of Women: Self-explanatory.
 Education: Spaniards restricted education.
 Labor: Forced Filipino labor, regardless of age.
 Polo y Servicio: Forced labor without pay, age 16 to 60 y/o.
 Encomienda System: Initially designed to protect natives and promote Catholicism.
 Church Influence: The Church wielded significant power, acting not only as a spiritual
guide but also as a municipal ruler, controlling education, governance, economy, and
socio-cultural aspects.
 The friars held sway over public instruction, often opposing the teaching of Spanish
language to the masses.
 Monastic orders controlled large tracts of land, profiting from leases to tenants.
 Friars, as parish priests, were the primary intermediaries between the people and
secular matters, exerting control over various aspects of pueblo life.
RIZAL AND THE THEORY OF NATIONALISM:
 NATIONALISM - a paradoxical concept, is a unifying factor among people in the
community at the same time a differentiating factor in the global society when people of
different races encounter each other.
 3 PERSPECTIVES OF NATIONALISM:
1. PRIMORDIALISM - The national identity deep-rooted features of a
group of people like race, language, and religion. “Ethnic core”.
2. MODERNTIY THEORY OF NATIONALISM - Conditions and shaped
by modernity, capitalism, industrialization, secularization and
urbanization.
3. CONSTRUCTIVISM - Nationalism is socially constructed and imagined
by people who identify themselves in a group.
ANDERSON CHARACTERIZED:
 IMAGINED
 LIMITED
 SOVEREIGN
 COMMUNITY
THE HISPANIZATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (1959)
CULTS PATRONIZING RIZAL:
 KNIGHTS OF RIZAL
 PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENT CHURCH
 SIMBAHANG RIZAL
 BATHALISMO
 ADARNISTA
 IGLESA SAGRADA FILIFINA
 WATAWAT NG LAHI
 COLORUM SECTS
- IN TAYABAS QUEZON
- IN CONCEPCION TARLAC