The National Heroes Committee recommended Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, Apolinario Mabini, Marcelo H. Del Pilar, Emilio Aguinaldo, Melchora Aquino, Juan Luna, Gabriela Silang, and Sultan Dipatuan Kudarat as national heroes after two years of debates and deliberations. However, neither President Fidel V. Ramos nor any member of the administration acted on this recommendation. This may have been because acting on the recommendation could lead to a flood of requests for proclamations and trigger bitter debates regarding historical controversies about the heroes.
There is currently no law, executive order, or proclamation officially proclaiming Rizal or any other Filipino historical figures as national heroes. However, laws have been enacted and proclamations issued to honor certain individuals for their substantial roles in nation-building and contributions to history. While Rizal was not officially proclaimed as a national hero, his day of execution, December 30, has been made a national holiday. Similarly, Bonifacio's day of birth, November 30, has also been declared a national holiday. Despite the absence of official proclamations, these historical figures continue to be admired and revered for their contributions to Philippine history.
Historians argue that heroes should not be legislated and that their appreciation should be left to academics. However, Rizal holds the status of being a universally-acclaimed Philippine national hero, partly due to the sustained veneration and acknowledgment of his contribution to the major social transformations in the Philippines.
Explain each the following.
After two years of lingering debates and deliberations, the National Heroes Committee recommended the following figures as national heroes: Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, Apolinario Mabini, Marcelo H. Del Pilar, Emilio Aguinaldo, Melchora Aquino, Juan Luna, Gabriela Silang, Sultan Dipatuan Kudarat
Neither Pres. Fidel V. Ramos nor any member of the administration acted on the committee’s recommendation.
Selection and Proclamation of National Heroes and Laws Honoring Filipino Historical Figures– stated that this was probably because this might trigger a flood of request for proclamations and the proclamations can trigger bitter debates involving historical controversies about the heroes.
There is no law, executive order or proclamation has been officially enacted or issued proclaiming Rizal or any other Filipino historical figures as a national hero. Thus, there were laws enacted and proclamations issued honoring some names because of their substantial roles in the process of nation-building and contributions to history.
Even Rizal was not officially proclaimed as a national hero; nonetheless, he was given an implicit recognition as his day of execution, December 30 has been made a national holiday.
Aside from him, Andres Bonifacio’s day of birth, November 30 has also been declared a national holiday, too.
In spite of the absence of any official proclamation, these historical figures remain admired and revered for their role in the Philippine history.
Historians said that heroes should not be legislated. Their appreciation should be better left to academics.
Rizal holds the status of being a universally-acclaimed Philippine national hero, partially as a tribute to the sustained veneration or acclamation of the people as acknowledgment of his contribution to the major social transformations that took place in the Philippines.
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