RPH LESSON 15

• The Malolos Congress composed of 85 Filipinos who were considered as the most intelligent men in the country, met in a revolutionary congress at Barasoain Church .
• The committee headed by Felipe Calderon and aided by Cayetano Arellano, for the first time, the Representatives of the Filipino people drafted the constitution and it was the first republican constitution in Asia.
• The constitution was inspired by the constitutions of:

  Mexico

  Guatemala

  Costa Rica

  Brazil

  Belgium

  France
• January 20, 1899

  formally adopted by the Malolos Congress
• 1935 Constitutions


  The first Philippine Republic, also called Malolos Republic, was inaugurated on January 23, 1899 at Barasoain Church, Malolos, Bulacan.
• Apolinario Mabini


  elected as prime minister
• Cabinet Secretaries

  Teodoro Sandico - interior

  Baldomero Aguinaldo - war

  Gen . Mariano Trias - finance ;

  Apolinario Mabini - foreign affairs

  Gracio Gonzaga - welfare

  Aguedo Velarde - public instruction

  Maximo Paterno - public works & communication

  Leon María Guerrero - agriculture, trade & commerce
• There were also diplomats in Japan, England, France and Australia
• 3 branches

  executive

  legislative

  judicial
• Hare-Hawes-Cutting Bill


  brought home by Osmeña-Roxas mission from the US Congress in 1931
• Hare-Hawes-Cutting Bill


  provided for a 10-year transition period before the granting of Philippine independence.
• Hare-Hawes-Cutting Bill


  The passage of the independence bill resulted into a debate between PRO and ANTI whether to accept or to reject. And finally, it was rejected.
• Tydings-McDuffie Act

  brought home by Manuel L. Quezon and other Filipinos
• Tydings-McDuffie Act (Public Law 73-127)


  authored by Sen. Millard Tydings and Rep. John McDuffie
• Salient features of the 1935 Constitution

  under Article VI, Section 1 a bicameral legislature composed of a senate and House of Representatives. The Senate composed of 24 Elected Senator and not more than 120 members who shall be appointed among the several provinces
• Article VII, Section 1

  executive power shall be vested in a President of the Philippines
• Rights to suffrage to Men

  21 years of age or over and

  are able to read and write

  who shall have resided in the Philippine for 1 year and 6 months in the municipality wherein they propose to vote.