Decoroso Rosales

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Decoroso Ras Rosales (born December 20, 1907 in Calbago, Calbayog , Samar Province ; † 1987 ) was a Filipino politician who, among other things, was a member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1945 to 1946 , and between 1950 and 1955 governor of Samar Province and from 1955 to 1961 was a member of the Senate .

Life

Studies, lawyer and member of parliament

Decoroso Ras Rosales, son of Basilio Rosales and Aqueda Ras, is the younger brother of Julio Rosales y Ras , who was Bishop of Tagbilaran between 1946 and 1949 and then Archbishop of Cebu from 1949 to 1982 . He himself first completed an undergraduate degree at the University of the Philippines , which he completed with an Associate of Arts (AA). A subsequent postgraduate studies of law he graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Laws from (LL.B.) and took to his legal approval on 4 February 1933 working as a lawyer on.

Rosales began his political career when he was in the elections of November 11, 1941 as an opposing candidate for the former MP and then Minister for Public Works José Avelino . He became a member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in the first constituency of Samar Province (Samar 1st District) . However, he could not formally take up this office because the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 led to the entry of the United States into the Second World War . During the Battle of the Philippines (December 8, 1941 to May 9, 1942) and the subsequent occupation by the Imperial Japanese Army , he became involved in the anti-Japanese resistance movement in Cebu , where he was commissioner for civil affairs. After the United States Army retook the Philippines on October 20, 1944 as part of the Pacific War , he was able to take up his parliamentary mandate in 1945 and was a member of the House of Representatives until the election on April 23, 1946.

Governor of Samar and Senator

In 1947 Decoroso Rosales ran for the office of governor of Samar province, but was defeated by the incumbent governor Baltazar Avelino, son of his political opponent Jose Avelino. One of the reasons for his defeat was Avelino's support for Liberal President Manuel Roxas , while Rosales was close to former President and unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Nacionalista Party in the 1946 election, Sergio Osmeña . Before the gubernatorial elections in 1950, he was arrested for alleged defamation, which caused a fatal heart attack in his mother. He was elected governor of Samar Province to succeed Baltazar Avelino in 1950 and held this office until 1955, when Fernando Veloso succeeded him. At the same time he was 1953 chairman of the League of Governors and the City Mayors .

Rosales applied as a candidate of the Nacionalista Party in the Senate elections of November 8, 1955 for one of the eight seats to be allocated in the Senate . He was with 1,600,255 votes (31.7 percent) and thus received the eighth best result out of 21 candidates, whereby he became a member of the Senate. During his tenure in the Senate, he continued to deal with provincial and local politics and was a member of various Senate committees, such as the Committee on Provincial and Municipal Government and Chartered Cities . As Senator Claro M. Recto the design for the Rizal Law (Rizal Bill) one that suggested that of Jose Rizal written works Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo introduce to required reading in all universities and colleges. The bill met opposition in the Senate from him, Senator Francisco Soc Rodrigo and Senator Mariano Cuenco , brother of the Archbishop of Jaro José Maria Cuenco . In their opinion, the introduction as required reading would jeopardize freedom of conscience and religion. On May 12, 1956, the controversial bill was adopted following an opinion drafted by Senator José P. Laurel and based on proposals from Senators Roseller T. Lim and Emmanuel Pelaez . After that it was possible for students to be exempt from reading the unabridged editions of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo for religious reasons. Under Republic Law No. 1425, the Rizal Law was finally signed on August 26, 1956 and then came into effect. In the Senate elections on November 14, 1961, he applied for re-election. However, with 1,863,560 votes (27.7 percent), he only reached 14th place out of 22 candidates and thus missed re-entry into the Senate, for which eight of the 24 seats were elected.

Subsequently, Decoroso Rosales worked again as a lawyer and was one of the delegates of the Constituent Assembly elected on November 10, 1970 and constituted on June 1, 1971 (Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1971) . The gathering was marked by controversy, including efforts to honor incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos' term and a bribery scandal in which 14 people, including First Lady Imelda Marcos , were accused of bribing delegates in favor of the Marcos government. After President Marcos declared martial law on September 21, 1972 , the work of the assembly ceased. After the EDSA revolution that led to the overthrow of President Marcos, the new President Corazon Aquino appointed him a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission , which drafted the constitution of the Philippines , which came into force in February 1987. In this constitutional commission, he was in particular chairman of the Committee on Preamble, National Territory and Declaration of Principles . In the final vote on the constitution, he was so seriously ill that on October 14, 1986 he approved the draft constitution with his thumbprint, which resulted in the constitution being adopted by the constitutional commission with 44 to two votes.

His marriage to Rosita Sepulveda had two children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Philippine Supreme Court: Lawlist
  2. ^ Province of Samar: Governors
  3. ↑ THE CHURCH UNDER ATTACK: There is a new outburst of anti-clericalism as Catholic politicians denounce the Catholic hierarchy's opposition to the bill requiring Filipino students to read the two controversial novels of Rizal . In: Philippines Free Press, May 5, 1956
  4. ^ Maria Christine N. Halili: Philippine History , 2nd edition, 2014, ISB 978-971-23-5636-0, p. 260
  5. ↑ Maria Christine N. Halili: Philippine History , 2nd edition, 2014, ISB 978-971-23-5636-0, p. 280
personal data
SURNAME Rosales, Decoroso
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosales, Decoroso Ras (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Filipino lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Calbago, Calbayog , Samar Province
DATE OF DEATH 1987