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Benito Legarda. Secretary. Gregorio S. Araneta and Pablo Ocampo. Members. Soldiers of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during a session of the congress. Emilio Aguinaldo (seated, center) and ten of the delegates to the first Assembly of Representatives.
The first Philippine Republic was inaugurated in Malolos, Bulacan on January 21, 1899. After being proclaimed president, Emilio Aguinaldo took his oath of office. The constitution was read article by article and followed by a military parade. Apolinario Mabini was elected as a prime minister.
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Malolos Congress and Constitution. Delegates to the Malolos Congress. Signatories to the Draft Constitution. Full Text of Malolos Constitution. In accordance with the decrees of June 18 and 23, 1898, Aguinaldo convoked the Revolutionary Congress at Barasoain, Malolos.
A total of one hundred and ninety-three delegates, representing each province of the Philippines, including notable figures like Fr. Gregorio Aglipay, Felipe Calderon, Antonio Luna, and Teodoro Sandiko, were in attendance. Pedro Paterno was elected as the president of the convention.
While colonies such as the Philippines were selecting their delegates, substitutes were named so that the Cortes could convene. The substitutes, and first delegates for the Philippines were Pedro Pérez de Tagle and José Manuel Couto.
This article analyzes the participation of the Philippines in the Cortes de Cádiz, the parliament that, from 1810 to 1812, joined representatives of all territories of the Spanish empire for the first and only time.
1810, substitute delegates were appointed to represent the Islands: Don Pedro Perez de Tagle and Dr. Jose Manuel Couto, Filipino-Spanish residents in the peninsula.4 In the meantime, in January 1811, Don Ventura de los Reyes, a wealthy seventy-year old criollo merchant of Manila emerged as the first elected Philippine representative.
