Answer of Recto regarding this statement: Recto told them that if they did, the State

could nationalize the catholic schools. When there was a proposal to use the
expurgated novels as textbooks and put the original copies under lock and key in the
school libraries, Recto rejected this amendment and expressed:

“The people who would eliminate the books of Rizal from the schools…would bot out from
our minds the memory of the national hero…this is not a fight against Recto but a fight
against Rizal…now that Rizal is dead and they can no longer attempt at his life, they are
attempting to blot out his memory.”

 (Archbishop of manila) Rufino Santos - protested in a pastoral letter that Catholic

students would be affected if compulsory reading of the unexpurgated version were
pushed through.
 Other oppositors were from Lower House:
 Congressmen Ramon Durano
 Marciano Lim
 Jose Nuguid
 Manuel Soza
 Godofredo Ramos
 Miguel Cuenco
 Lucas Paredes
 Congressmen Carmen Consing
 Tecia San Andres Ziga. 
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 The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) - submitted a pastoral
letter to which according, Rizal violated Canon Law 1399 which forbids or bans books
that attack or ridicule the catholic doctrine and practices. 
- They suggested a reading material for students as to what they called Rizalian
Anthology, a collection of Rizal’s literary works that contain the patriotic philosophy
excluding the two novels.

PRO RIZAL LAW

A. Involved and their arguments:

 Groups such as:
 Veteranos de la revolución (spirit 1896)
 Alagad ni Rizal
 Freemasons
 Knights of Rizal
 Women Writers of the Verrnacular
 Philippine Veterans Legion
 Colleger Editors’ Guild
 Philippine School Teachers’ Association.