National Assembly of the Philippines
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- or the Malolos Congress, a legislature of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines and the First Philippine Republic from September 15, 1898 to November 13, 1899
- or the National Assembly legislature during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1941 to 1945
- or the House of Representatives of the Philippines, the present lower house of the Philippine legislature.
The National Assembly of the Philippines (Tagalog: Kapulungáng Pambansâ ng Pilipinas, Spanish: Asamblea Nacional de Filipinas) refers to the legislature of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1941, and of the Second Philippine Republic during the Japanese occupation. The National Assembly of the Commonwealth was created under the 1935 Constitution, which served as the Philippines' fundamental law to prepare it for its independence from the United States of America.
National Assembly of the Philippines | |
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Philippines | |
Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Established | May 14, 1935 |
Disbanded | June 18, 1940 |
Leadership | |
Speaker of the Assembly | Gil Montilla (Assemblyman, Negros Occidental–3rd) Nacionalista Democratico (1935–1939) José Yulo (Assemblyman, Negros Occidental–3rd) Nacionalista (1939–1941) |
Deputy Speaker | |
Majority Floor Leader | José E. Romero (Assemblyman, Negros Oriental–2nd) Nacionalista (1935–1938) Quintin Paredes (Assemblyman, Abra–Lone) Nacionalista (1938–1941) |
Structure | |
Seats | 89 members (1935); elected 98 members (1938); elected |
Length of term | 3 years |
Authority | Article VI, 1935 Constitution of the Philippines |
Elections | |
First-past-the-post voting | |
Meeting place | |
Legislative Building, Padre Burgos Avenue, Ermita, Manila |
The National Assembly during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during the Second World War in the Pacific was created by the 1943 Constitution. With the invasion of the Philippines, the Commonwealth government had gone into exile to the United States. It left behind a skeletal bureaucracy whose officials formed a government under the Japanese Imperial Army. In an attempt to win the loyalty of Filipinos, the Japanese established a nominally independent Republic of the Philippines, with a National Assembly as its legislative body. The Second Philippine Republic was only recognized by the Axis powers.[1]