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The Malolos Congress (Spanish: Congreso de Malolos) also known as the Revolutionary Congress (Spanish: Congreso de Revolucionario) [3] and formally the National Assembly, was the legislative body of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines.
Date Representative Party District Expulsion vote [c] Notes May 22, 2024 Pantaleon Alvarez: Reporma: Davao del Norte’s 1st district: 186–5-7 : For alleged seditious remarks in calling on the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police to withdraw their support for President Bongbong Marcos.
The elections for the Malolos Congress, also known as the Revolutionary Congress, were held in the Philippines from June 23 to September 10, 1898. These were the first elections for a national legislature in the Philippines. The Spanish colonial government held elections in 1895 across the Philippines but for local municipal officers only.
The constitution written by the Malolos Congress was proclaimed on January 22, 1899, creating what is known today as the First Philippine Republic, with Aguinaldo as its president. [27] [22] The constitution was approved by delegates to the Malolos Congress on January 20, 1899, and sanctioned by Aguinaldo the next day. [27]
From 1898 to 1901, four representatives from the province of Manila who were elected at-large sat in the Malolos Congress, the National Assembly of the First Philippine Republic. [1] In 1901, the province was abolished and incorporated into the new province of Rizal , while the city remained intact.
In the morning of December 22, 1898, after the local leaders of Albay took their oath of office before President Emilio Aguinaldo, Calleja, together with Salvador Vivencio del Rosario, [2] was elected as a representative to the Malolos Congress and signatory to Malolos constitution. [3] He was captured during the Filipino-American War in July ...
The 1st Philippine Legislature was the first session of the Philippine Legislature, the first representative legislature of the Philippines.Then known as the Philippine Islands, the Philippines under the sovereign control of the United States through the Insular Government.
During the Malolos Congress, he was elected as one of the four elected members from Manila. He was also part of the commission that drafted the Malolos Constitution, which was enacted on January 21, 1899. He later realized that the armed struggle for independence was vain, so he decided to cooperate with the Americans.