National Assembly (Second Philippine Republic)
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| Term | September 25, 1943 – February 2, 1944 | ||||
| President | Jose P. Laurel | ||||
| National Assembly | |||||
| Members | 108 | ||||
| Speaker | Benigno Aquino Sr. | ||||
| Floor leader | Francisco Zulueta | ||||
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The National Assembly was the legislature of the Second Philippine Republic from September 25, 1943, to February 2, 1944.
Half of the membership of the assembly consisted of provincial governors or city mayors acting in an ex officio capacity, while the other half were indirectly elected through local conventions of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.[1]
Sessions
[edit]- First Special Session: October 18 – 23, 1943
- First Regular Session: November 25 – December 22, 1943
- Second Special Session: January 10 – February 2, 1944
Legislation
[edit]The National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic passed a total of 66 laws: Act No. 1 to 66.[2]
Major legislation
[edit]- Act No. 1 – Creation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Leadership
[edit]Members
[edit]The assembly consisted of 108 members from 46 provinces and 8 chartered cities. The numbers and territorial coverages of these areas differed from the pre-war status in several ways:
- The provinces of Batanes, Marinduque and Romblon had been abolished and their municipalities annexed to Cagayan, Tayabas and Capiz respectively by virtue of Executive Order No. 84 issued by Philippine Executive Commission Chairman Jorge Vargas on August 31, 1942.
- Jurisdiction over several areas in Tayabas were transferred to Nueva Ecija (the municipalities of Baler and Casiguran; corresponding to the entire present-day territory of Aurora) and Laguna (Infanta, including the present-day municipalities of General Nakar and Real) by virtue of Executive Order No. 84 issued by Executive Commission Chairman Jorge Vargas on August 31, 1942.
- Jurisdiction over the Polillo Islands in Tayabas was transferred to Laguna by virtue of Executive Order No. 103 issued by Executive Commission Chairman Jorge Vargas on November 1, 1942.
- The chartered cities of Dansalan (now Marawi), Tagaytay and Zamboanga were also not represented separately in the assembly; their territories were administered by the governments of their mother provinces Lanao, Cavite and Zamboanga, respectively.
- The representation of Manila also included the chartered city of Quezon City, along with the Rizal municipalities of Caloocan, Makati, Mandaluyong, Parañaque, Pasay and San Juan, which were constituted as the City of Greater Manila by Manuel Quezon's Executive Act No. 400 on January 1, 1942, as an emergency wartime measure.
| Province/City | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abra | Quintin Paredes Jr. | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Juan Brillantes | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Agusan | Elisa Ochoa | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Ramon Aguirre | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Albay | Pio Duran | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Julian Locsin Jr. | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Antique | Alberto A. Villavert | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Tobias Fornier | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Bacolod | Francisco Zulueta | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Alfredo Yulo | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Bataan | Joaquin Linao | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Simeon Salonga | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Batangas | Jose Laurel Jr. | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Maximo Malvar | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Bohol | Vicente Bullecer | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Agapito Hontanosas | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Bukidnon | Pedro Carrillo | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Antonio Rubin | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Bulacan | Jacinto Molina | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Emilio Rustia | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Cagayan | Melecio Arranz | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Nicanor Carag | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Camarines Norte | Trinidad Zenarosa | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Carlos Ascutia | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Camarines Sur | Jose Fuentebella | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Andres Hernandez | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Capiz | Eduardo Abalo | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Alfredo Jacinto | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Cavite | Emiliano Tria Tirona | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Luis Ferrer | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Cavite City | Demetrio Encarnacion | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Ricardo Poblete | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Cebu | Jose Leyson | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Jose Delgado | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Cebu City | Paulino Gullas | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Juan Zamora | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Cotabato | Menandang Piang | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Alfonso Pablo | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Davao | Juan Sarenas | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Romualdo Quimpo | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Davao City | Celestino Chavez | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Alfonso Oboza | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Ilocos Norte | Conrado Rubio | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Emilio Medina | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Ilocos Sur | Fidel Villanueva | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Alejandro Quirolgico | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Iloilo | Cirilo Mapa Jr. | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Fermin Caram Sr. | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Iloilo City | Fortunato Ybiernas | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Vicente Ybiernas | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Isabela | Gregorio Formoso | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Lino Castillejos | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| La Union | Rufino Macagba | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Bonifacio Tadiar | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Laguna | Marcelo Zorilla | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Jesus Bautista | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Lanao | Datu Bato Ali | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Ciriaco Raval | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Leyte | Jose Maria Veloso | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Bernardo Torres | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Manila | Alfonso Mendoza | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Leon Guinto | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Masbate | Emilio Espinosa | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Pio Corpus | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Mindoro | Raul Leuterio | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Felipe Abeleda | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Misamis Occidental | Rufino Abadiez | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Eugenio S. del Rosario | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Misamis Oriental | Isidro Vamenta | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Jose Artadi | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Mountain Province | Florencio Bagwan | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Hilary Clapp | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Negros Occidental | Gil Montilla | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Vicente Castillo | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Negros Oriental | Julian Teves | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Guillermo Villanueva | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Nueva Ecija | Hermogenes Concepcion | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Jose Robles Jr. | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Nueva Vizcaya | Guillermo Boñgolan | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Demetrio Quirino | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Palawan | Iñigo Peña | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Patricio Fernandez | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Pampanga | Felix Bautista | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Eligio Lagman | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Pangasinan | Bernabe Aquino | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Santiago Estrada | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Rizal | Nicanor Roxas | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Tomas Molina | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Samar | Serafin Marabut | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Cayetano Lucero | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| San Pablo | Sofronio Abrera | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Tomas Dizon | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Sorsogon | Manuel Estipona | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Rafael Ramos | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Sulu | Gulamu Rasul | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Ombra Amilbangsa | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Surigao | Jose Cortez | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Fernando Silvosa | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Tarlac | Benigno Aquino Sr. | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Sergio Aquino | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Tayabas | Tomas Morato | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Natalio Enriquez | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Zambales | Valentin Afable | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Francisco Dantes | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
| Zamboanga | Juan Alano | KALIBAPI | Elected | |
| Agustin Alvarez | KALIBAPI | Ex-officio | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ramirez, Efren V. (1969). Philippine Government (For College Students). E. Q. Cornejo. p. 94.
- ^ Upon the disestablishment of the Second Philippine Republic, all acts passed by its National Assembly were deemed invalid and not binding.
- ^ National Library of the Philippines – Catalog Labeled Display: National Assembly Yearbook. Accessed on May 8, 2007.
- ^ Official program of the inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines and the induction into office of His Excellency Jose P. Laurel. Bureau of Printing. 1943.
Further reading
[edit]- Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
- Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
- Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.