RA 1425:

Ang
Batas
Rizal
(JUNE 12,
1956)
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 Mga Layunin:
1. Maipahayag at mapalitaw
ang mga naging motibo ng
mga mambabatas sa
pagpapatupad ng Batas Rizal
2. Nailalahad ang mga
pangyayari noong ipinasa at
ipinagdebatihan upang tunay
na maunawaan ang
kahalagahan ng pagpapasa ng
Batas Rizal
3. Mipaunawan ang
kahalagahan ng
pagpapatupad ng batas.
4. Mapatunayan na
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makatuwiran ang
pagpapatupad ng Batas Rizal
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425

 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.
 WHEREAS, today, more than any other period of our history, there is
a need for a re-dedication to the ideals of freedom and nationalism
for which our heroes lived and died;

WHEREAS, it is meet that in honoring them, particularly the national

hero and patriot, Jose Rizal, we remember with special fondness and
devotion their lives and works that have shaped the national
character;

WHEREAS, the life, works and writing of Jose Rizal, particularly his
novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, are a constant and
inspiring source of patriotism with which the minds of the youth,
especially during their formative and decisive years in school, should
be suffused;

WHEREAS, all educational institutions are under the supervision of,

and subject to regulation by the State, and all schools are enjoined
to develop moral character, personal discipline, civic conscience and
to teach the duties of citizenship; Now, therefore,
 Section 1. Courses on the life, works and writings of Jose Rizal,
particularly his novel Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, shall be
included in the curricula of all schools, colleges and universities,
public or private: Provided, That in the collegiate courses, the original
or unexpurgated editions of the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo
of their English translation shall be used as basic texts.
The Board of National Education is hereby authorized and directed to
adopt forthwith measures to implement and carry out the provisions
of this Section, including the writing and printing of appropriate
primers, readers and textbooks. The Board shall, within sixty (60) days
from the effectivity of this Act, promulgate rules and regulations,
including those of disciplinary nature, to carry out and enforce the
provisions of this Act. The Board shall promulgate rules and
regulations providing for the exemption of students for reasons of
religious belief stated in a sworn written statement, from the
requirement of the provision contained in the second part of the first
paragraph of this section; but not from taking the course provided for
in the first part of said paragraph. Said rules and regulations shall take
effect thirty (30) days after their publication in the Official Gazette.
 Section 2. It shall be obligatory on all schools,
colleges and universities to keep in their libraries an
adequate number of copies of the original and
unexpurgated editions of the Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo, as well as of Rizal's other works and
biography. The said unexpurgated editions of the
Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo or their
translations in English as well as other writings of
Rizal shall be included in the list of approved books
for required reading in all public or private schools,
colleges and universities.

The Board of National Education shall determine the

adequacy of the number of books, depending upon
the enrollment of the school, college or university.
 Section 3. The Board of National Education shall cause the translation
of the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, as well as other writings
of Jose Rizal into English, Tagalog and the principal Philippine dialects;
cause them to be printed in cheap, popular editions; and cause them to
be distributed, free of charge, to persons desiring to read them,
through the Purok organizations and Barrio Councils throughout the
country.
 Section 4. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as
amendment or repealing section nine hundred
twenty-seven of the Administrative Code, prohibiting
the discussion of religious doctrines by public school
teachers and other person engaged in any public
school.
 Section 5. The sum of three hundred thousand pesos
is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any
fund not otherwise appropriated in the National
Treasury to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Section 6. This Act shall take effect upon its

approval.

 Approved: June 12, 1956

Pagbabalik-tanaw
 Sa bisa ng R. A. 1425 (Batas Rizal),
mahigit 60 taon nang kinukuha ng mga
mag-aaral sa kolehiyo ang kursong
tumatalakay sa buhay at mga akda ni
Jose Rizal.
 Mahalagang balikan ang konteksto ng
pagpapanukala at ang mga naging
kaakibat na isyu sa pagsusulong nito.
 Ang Pilipinas Matapos ang
Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig
1. Nagpatuloy ang dominasyon ng
Estados Unidos sa Pilipinas
partikular na sa aspektong
pampolitika, pangmilitar at
pang-ekonomiya.
2. Patuloy na pakikibaka ng mga
Filipino para sa tunay at
ganap na pagbabagong
panlipunan
 Si Recto at ang Batas Rizal

 Sa gitna ng mga panlipunang

suliraning ito, isang makabayang
Filipino ang pumagitna at naghain ng
akmang solusyon.
 Itinuturing si Sen. Claro M. Recto na
mahigpit na oposisyon sa mga
polisiyang isinulong nina Pang. Elpidio
Quirino at Pang. Ramon Magsaysay.
 Maalam sa mga akda at buhay ni Rizal,
naniniwala si Claro M. Recto na integral sa
pagmamahal sa bayan ang pag-aaral sa mga
dakilang gawa ng ating Pambansang Bayani.

“…the reading of Rizal’s novels would strengthen the

Filipinism of the youth and foster patriotism”.
- C. M. Recto

 Sa layuning ito, kanyang isinulong ang

sapilitang pag-aaral sa buhay at mga sinulat ni
Dr. Jose Rizal sa mga mag-aaral ng kolehiyo.
“We, too, can prosper, as
other nations which have
become free and have
known how to rely on
themselves with dignity and
self-respect have
prospered. Our people
deserve a better fate, a
destiny realized in
happiness and freedom…”
- Claro M. Recto
Ang Batas Rizal (R.A. 1425)
 Inihapag sa Senado ni Sen. Jose P.
Laurel ang isang panukalang batas
(Senate Bill 438) na naglalayong pag-
aralan ang buhay at mga akda ni Jose
Rizal noong Abril 17, 1956.

 Si Sen. Laurel bilang Tagapangulo ng

Senate Committee on Education ang
naghapag nito, subalit ang orihinal na
panukala ay inakda ni Sen. Claro M.
Recto.
Senate Bill 438
Ang panukalang
An Act to make Noli
ito ay tumanggap
Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo ng maraming mga
compulsory reading pagbatikos mula
matter in all public and sa mga
private colleges and Katolikong
universities and for Senador.
other purposes.
 Ilan sa mga ito ay sina:
Sen. Decoroso Rosales
Sen. Mariano Cuenco
Sen. Francisco Rodrigo
 Ang mga pagbatikos ng mga senador na ito ang
nagbigay daan para sa mga debate sa pagitan ng
mga laban at pumapabor dito.
 Si Claro M. Recto bilang orihinal na may-akda ng
panukala ang siyang buong giting na nagdepensa
sa kahalagahan ng panukala para sa mas malalim
na pagkakilala sa pagiging Filipino at
pagmamahal sa bayan.
 Maliban sa mga nabanggit na Senador, ang
Catholic Action of Manila (CAM) ang isa sa mga
pangunahing organisasyon na naglunsad ng mga
kampanya laban sa panukala:
(1) ang kanilang opisyal na pahayagan, Sentinel
ay inilabas na araw-araw sa halip na isang
beses lamang sa isang linggo at;
(2) hinikayat ang mga Katoliko na sumulat sa
mga Senador at Kongresman na ibasura ang
Batas Rizal
 Mga Pahayag Laban sa
Panukalang Batas Rizal

 “Compulsion to read something against one’s

religious convictions was no different from a
requirement to salute the flag, which
according to the latest decision on the matter
by the US Supreme Court, was an impairment
both of freedom of speech and freedom of
religion.”

- Principal argument of Senators

Rodrigo, Rosales and Cuenco
 “A vast majority of our people are at the
same time Catholics and Filipino citizens. As
such, they have two great loves: their country
and their faith. These two loves are not
conflicting loves. They are harmonious
affections, like the love of a child for his father
and for his mother.
“This is the basis of my stand. Let us not create
a conflict between nationalism and religion;
between the government and the church.”
- Senator Francisco Rodrigo
 Rizal’s novels “belong to the past” and it would
be “harmful” to read them because they
presented a “false picture” of conditions in the
country at that time. Noli Me Tangere is an
“attack on the clergy” and its object was to
“put to ridicule the Catholic faith.”

The novel was not really patriotic because out

of 333 pages, only 25 contained patriotic
passages while 120 were devoted to anti-
Catholic attack.
- Fr. Jesus Cavanna
(speaker on the symposium organized by CAM)
“Since some parts of the novels
had been declared
“objectionable matter” by the
hierarchy, Catholics had the right
to refuse to read them so as not
to “endanger their salvation”.
- Jesus Paredes
Radio commentator
 “The bill was Recto’s revenge
against the Catholic voters who,
together with Magsaysay, were
responsible for his poor showing
in the 1955 senatorial
elections.”
- Narciso Pimentel Jr.
Radio commentator
 Laban sa Simbahang Katoliko
 Ang lahat ng pagbatikos sa panukalang
batas na ito ay bunga ng paniniwala ng
mga Senador na makakasira sa imahen
ng Simbahan ang pagbabasa sa mga
nobela at maging sa buhay ni Rizal.
 Sa isang pastoral letter na inilabas ng
Simbahang Katoliko, binabanggit na sa
333 pahinang edisyon ng nobela ni Rizal,
25 bahagi lamang ang naglalaman ng
makabayang damdamin. 120 naman ay
inilaan ni Rizal bilang pang-atake sa
Simbahang katoliko.
 Kasama rin sa nasabing pastoral letter
ang pagbanggit sa 170 bahagi mula sa
Noli at 50 bahagi mula sa Fili na
naglalayong sirain ang magandang
imahen ng Simbahang Katoliko.
 Sa pananalita ng isang Senador: “But I
cannot allow my son who is now 16 to
read the Noli Me Tangere and the El
Filibusterismo lest he lose his faith”.
– Sen. Rodrigo
 Hindina lamang sa loob ng Senado ang
kontrobersiyang idinulot ng panukalang
batas.

 Nakialam na rin ang Simbahang Katoliko

tungkol sa isyu.

 Binantaanng Simbahan si Recto na

ipapasara nila ang lahat ng mga
paaralang Katoliko sa sandaling maipasa
ang nasabing panukalang batas.
 Ang Tagapagtanggol
ng Panukalang Batas

 Sa gitna ng mainit
na debateng
ibinunga ng
panukalang batas,
nanatiling hindi
natitinag ang
nagpanukala nito na
si Sen. Claro M.
Recto.
 Sa tatlong oras na talumpati
sa Senado, binatikos ni Recto
ang pastoral letter ng
Simbahang Katoliko. Ayon sa
kanya, dinaig pa ng pastoral
letter ang pagkundena ng
mga Dominikano sa mga
nobela na naging dahilan ng
pagbaril kay Rizal sa Luneta
noong ika-19 dantaon.
 Dagdag pa rito, binanggit ni
Recto na ang pagbabasa ng
nasabing pastoral letter
“should open the eyes of
the people to the real
enemies of Rizal and true
nationalism”
 Bilang tugon sa bantang
ipapasara ng Simbahan ang
mga paaralang Katoliko sa
sandaling maipasa ang batas,
nakita ni Recto na pabor ito
sa bansa upang
maisakatapuran na ang
nationalization ng mga
paaralan. Katulad ng Senate
Bill 438, hakbang din ito
upang mapalawak ang
nasyonalismo sa mga Filipino.
 Ayon kay Recto, “They
(Catholic Church) are making
too much profit which they
can ill-afford to give up.”
 “Rizal did not pretend to teach
religion or theology when he wrote
He aimed at
these books.
inculcating civic
consciousness in the
Filipinos, national dignity,
personal pride, and
PATRIOTISM, and if references
were made by him in the course of his
narration to certain religious practices
in the Philippines in those days and to
the conduct and behavior of erring
ministers of the church, it was
because he portrayed faithfully the
general situation in the Philippines as
it then existed.”

- CM Recto
 “Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo must be read by
all Filipinos. They must be taken
to heart, for in their pages we
see ourselves as in a mirror: our
defects as well as our strength,
our virtues as well as our vices.
Only then would we become
conscious as a people, and so
learn to prepare ourselves for
painful sacrifices that
ultimately lead to self-reliance,
self-respect and freedom.”

-Senator Jose P. Laurel

 Dahil humigit na sa dalawang linggo ang
matindihang debate at tila walang
pinatutunguhang pag-uusap tungkol sa
panukala, nirebisa ni Sen. Laurel ang
panukala.

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.
Original text Revised text

 An Act to include in the

An Act to make Noli curricula of all public
Me Tangere and El and private schools,
Filibusterismo colleges and universities
compulsory reading courses on the life,
works and writings of
matter in all public
Jose Rizal, particularly
and private colleges his novels Noli Me
and universities and Tangere and El
for other purposes. Filiobusterismo,
authorizing the printing
and distribution,
thereof, and for other
purposes.
 Malinawna tinanggal ni Sen. Laurel
ang ideya ng “sapilitan”
(compulsion).

 Maramipa rin ang umasa na hindi

ito maaprobahan (kabilang na si
Cong. Miguel Cuenco) ngunit nabigo
ang mga ito, sapagkat…
 Senado: Naipasa ang batas na 23 senador ang pabor
(Panukalang Batas Bilang 438)
 Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso: 71 ang pabor; 9
ang hindi pabor; 2 nagpasyang di bumoto
(Panukalang Batas Bilang 5561)
 Ang pinagsamang PB 438 at PB 5564 ay naging Batas
Pambansa bilang 1425.
 Nilagdaan ang panukalang batas ng dating
Pangulong Ramon Magsaysay at naging Republic
Act 1425 noong Hunyo 12,1956 na mas lalong
popular sa tawag na BATAS RIZAL.
Ang Batas Pambansa 1425
noong Dekada ‘90

 Memorandum Order 246 –

Pang. Fidel V. Ramos, ika-26
ng Disyembre, 1994
 CHED memos:
bilang 3, 1995
bilang 6, 1996
 Sa gitna ng panlabas at
panloob na mga
panlipunang suliraning
kinaharap ng bansa
noong 1950’s, naniwala
si Recto na ang pag-
aaral sa buhay at akda
ni Rizal ang gigising sa
natutulog na
damdaming makabayan
ng mga Filipinong mag-
aaral.
 Taong 1956 nang ipasa at
ipatupad ang R.A. 1425.
Makalipas ang higit 60 taon,
nananatili pa rin ang mga
suliraning panlipunan;
nananatili pa rin ang
pangangailangan ng bansa sa
mga bayani; nananatili pa rin
ang bisa ng mga sinulat ni
Rizal.
 At nananatili pa rin ang
panawagan ni Rizal na
mahalin at paglingkuran ang
Inang Bayan.
 Sapanahon natin ngayon na
puro banyagang gamit, wika, at
kultura na lang ang
tinatangkilik natin hindi
maiwasan na mawala ang
pagmamahal natin sa sarili
nating bayan o ang
nasyonalismo na nabaon na sa
limot…
“Nasaan ang kabataang dapat mag-alay
ng kanyang kasariwaan, ng kanyang
mga panaginip at sigasig ukol sa
kabutihan ng kanyang Inang
Bayan?...Hinihintay namin kayo, o mga
kabataan! Halikayo sapagkat hinihintay
namin kayo!”
- Padre Florentino ng “El Filibusterismo”
PAGPILI NG PAMBANSANG BAYANI
Komisyong Taft (1901)

 Governor-General
William Howard Taft:
kinakailangang
magkaroon ang Filipinas
ng Pambansang Bayani.
 Ang pambansang bayani
na ito ang magiging
pambansang huwaran ng
mga mamamayang
Filipino.
Komisyong Taft

1. Wiliam Howard Taft

2. Morgan Shuster
3. Bernard Moses
4. Dean Worcester
5. Henry Clay Ide
Komisyong Taft

6. Trinidad Pardo H. de Tavera

7. Gregorio Araneta
8. Cayetano Arellano
9. Jose Luzurriaga
Pamantayan

1. Isang Filipino
2. Yumao na
3. May matayog na pagmamahal sa
bayan
4. May mahinahong damdamin
 Mga pinagpilian

Marcelo H. del Pilar

Graciano Lopez Jaena

Jose Rizal

Antonio Luna
Emilio Jacinto
Graciano Lopez-Jaena (1856-1896)

 Jaro, Iloilo
 Filipino journalist
 Orator
 Revolutionary from
Iloilo
 Founder, editor of La
Solidaridad
 Died of tuberculosis on
Jan 20, 1896 in
Barcelona, Spain
Marcelo H. del Pilar (1850-1896)

 Born on August 30,

1850 in Cupang,
Bulacan, Bulacan
 Filipino writer,
journalist, satirist
 Revolutionary leader
 Died of tuberculosis
in Barcelona, Spain
on July 4, 1896
Jose P. Rizal (1861-1896)
 Born in June 19, 1861 in
Calamba, Laguna
 Filipino polymath
 Foremost Filipino Patriot
 Wrote the Noli and Fili
 Founder of La Liga
Filipina
 Executed by the Spanish
on Dec 30, 1896 in
Bagumbayan
Emilio Jacinto (1875-1899)
 Born in Trozo, Tondo on Dec
15, 1875
 Filipino revolutionary
 The Brain of the Katipunan
 Studied in San Juan de
Letran College then in UST
 Writer – Dimasilaw
 Contracted malaria and died
in Magdalena, Laguna in April
16, 1899
Antonio Luna (1866-1899)
 Born October 29, 1866 in
Urbiztondo, Binondo,
Manila
 Filipino pharmacist
 Wrote for La Solidaridad
 revolutiionary
 Brigadier-general who
fought in the Philippine-
American War
 Killed by fellow Fililipinos
on June 5, 1899
Si Rizal ang napili dahil…
1. Siya ang kauna-unahang Pilipino
umakit upang ang buong bansa ay
magkaisang maghimagsik laban sa
kolonyalistang Espanya, sa
pamamagitan ng dalawa niyang
nobela, ang Noli Me Tangere at El
Filibusterismo.
2. Huwaran siya ng kapayapaan.
3. Ang mga Filipino ay sentimental o
maramdamin.
 Maraming Salamat!

Mabuhay ang mga Kabataang

Para sa Bayan!

☺☺☺

Salamat kina: G. Jely A. Galang , Bb. Janet

S. Reguindin at G. Bernard Esternon