The Context of the Rizal Bill

 Postwar context

 Call for furtherance of nationalism and nation-

building

 The Filipinos drew inspiration from the Philippine

experience of revolution for independence against
Spain and from the heroes of that time.
How a Bill becomes a
Law: The Legislative
process
Sources of Legislative Proposal:

1. Senate and the House of

Representative
2. From various sectors of the
society
3. Initiated by the Executive branch
Step 1
Bill is filed in the Senate
Office of the Secretary

 Calendared for the first

reading
Step 2
Fist Reading

 The bill’s title, number, and

author(s) are read on the floor
Step 3
Committee Hearings

 The bill is discussed within the

committee and calendared for
the second reading
Step 4
Second Reading

 Sponsorship speech
 Senate debates
 Amendments may be
suggested
Step 5
Voting on Second
Reading

 Vote if approved calendared

for third reading
Step 7
Consolidation of version
from the House

 A bicameral conference
committee is called for
reconciliation of the
versions.
Step 8
Transmittal of the final
version to Malacañan

 Submitted to the President of

signing
 Sign into law or veto
From the Rizal Bill to the
Rizal Law
Senate Bill April 17,
No. 438, 1956, J.P.
April 3, Laurel
1956 sponsored
the bill
On April 23,
1956, debates
started
between C.M. On April 19, 1956, J.Z.
Recto and Gonzales filed the
Catholic identical version of SB
Church started 438 – the HB 5561
May 2, 1956, May 9, 1956 Debates on
House compulsory reading of
Committee on Noli and El Fili. It
Education should be read with the
approve the unexpurgated version
bill

May 14, 1956

May 9, 1956
similar
amendments were
amendments
proposed – the
were adopted
compulsory reading of
by the House
the novels.
May 17, 1956, June 12, 1956
The Senate President Ramon
and House Magsaysay signed
versions were the bill into law
approved which became
Republic Act No.
1425
Activity: (15 points)
o Divide the class into 3 groups, those
who are in favor in each national
heroes presented.

o Give at least 1 statement that shows

your support and opposition to the 2
other national heroes.

o Debate with other groups about your

opinion
Debate Mechanics:
1. First Round
• Choose a representative who shall
present facts and statement that
favors one variable of the debate.

2. Second Round
• Choose a representative who shall
present their arguments that
shows opposition from other
group’s point of view.
Debate Mechanics:
3. Third Round
• Rebuttal the opposition presented
by other groups.
• Anyone may raise their rebut.
• Each group shall be given 3
chances to rebut; they may use or
not use all this chances to win the
arguments.
Debate Mechanics:
4. Fourth Round
• Summarize your premise and give
common grounds of agreements
with the other groups.

5. Always covey your thoughts with

courtesy and respect.
Activity: (15 points)
o Be grouped into 5 members.

o Give the rationale or the reason why a

bill needed to pass through the steps
in the legislative process.

o Discuss your own rationale on

assigned step.
FOR:
"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 be become
concious 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
FOR:
"Rizal did not pretend to teach religion
when he wrote those books. He aimed at
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 thos
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."
-Senator Claro M Recto
AGAINST:
"A vast majority of our people are, at the
same time, Catholic 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 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 "Soc" Rodrigo
DEBATE RECIATION:
Those who are FOR; those who are
AGAINST.