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04 JUL 201

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 1124

Introduced by Reps. NERI J. COLMENARES and CARLOS ISAGANI T. ZARATE,

AN ACT.
DECLARING JULY 7 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY
TO COMMEMORATE THE FOUNDING OF THE KATIPUNAN

EXPLANATORY NOTE,

Most Filipinos know about the Katipunan and Andres Bonifacio, and theit very important roles in
the fight against the brutal Spanish colonial rule and the nce and development of the First
Philippine Republic.

veral other patriotic “‘ndios” came
aled their

Yet, very few of us know the actual date when Bonifacio and s
together to formally organize the Kataastaacang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan, and s
membership in the secret society by signing the pact with their own blood, vowing to end the
more than three hundred years of Spanish domination over the islands.

Sadly that historic day, which led to the daw
national consciousness. Thus, there is a ne«

ng of the Filipino nation, has long dimmed in the
to commemorate the night of July 7, 1892, wher
Bonifacio, Valentin Diaz, Deodato Arellano, Teodoro Plata, Ladislao Diwa, and their other
compatriots secretly met in a house along 72 Azcarraga Street (now Claro M. Recto Street) near
Candelaria Street (now Eleano Street) in Tondo, Manila,

Historian Carmen Guerrero Nakpil aptly described that event as “the spark that lit the prairie
fire”; it was then when the grievances of the “sacristans, forced laborers, farmers, intrepid widows
native priests, galleon builders, and port-sergeants” and the aspirations of “Gomburza, the
Propaganda Movement, the secret societies, the poets, artists, lawyers, polemicists, and the novels
of Rizal” were finally crystallized into a revolutionary call for a free and sovereign Filipino nation
It was the Katipunan that gave the first concrete embodiment of the Filipino nation.

‘The ardent patriotism, the selflessness, and the dedicated pursuit of liberty, equality, and fraternity
ina free and democratic society of the founders of the Katipunan must be instilled in the Filipinos
of today.

For these reasons, the expeditious approval of this bill is earnestly sought.


Approved,

Us QA /
‘R COLMEN; S CARLOS ISAGANI T. ZARATE.
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1124

HOUSE BILL No.

Introduced by Reps. NERI J. COLMENARES and CARLOS ISAGANI T. ZARATE

AN ACT
DECLARING JULY 7 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY
TO COMMEMORATE THE FOUNDING OF THE KATIPUNAN,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. July 7 of every year shall be declared a special working holiday to commemorate
the founding of the Kafaas/aasang Katipunan ng Mga Anak ng Bayan (Katipunan) by Filipino patriots
led by Andres Bonifa ‘ociety that fought for the independence of the then emerging,
Filipino nation from the elutches of Spanish colonial rule:

of the Katipunan and to rededicate the

atemnity, all public and private offices and

following Katipunan
nd “Jocehnang

SEC. 2. To pay homage and respect to the found.
Filipino nation to the ideals of liberty, equality and
facilities are hereby mandated to conduct a flag-raising ceremony where th
tunes shall be played — “Marungal na Dalit ng Katagalugan”, “Alerta Katipunan
Baliuag.”

y, the elementary, secon:

SEC. 3. ‘To further ensure the meaningful observance of the h
and tertiary schools shall conduct any prominent activity concerning the Katipuman, its founders,
and its founding ideals, and which shall include the singing of “Marangal na Dalit ng Kafagalugan”,
“Aleria Katipunan”, and. “Jocelynang Balinag, at least three days before the said holiday

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in a national newspaper of
general circulation,

Approved,