GROUP 6: MALOLOS CONGRESS TRIVIA

1. A single vote decided the separation of Church and State.

1898 Malolos
Congress. Via Wikimedia Commons

Debates raged on back and forth as anti-separatists led by Felipe Calderon

squared off against the pro-separatists led by Tomas del Rosario. The
voting itself was close, with the first round a tie. In the second round, the
pro-separatists won by the slimmest of margins—a single vote.

The tiebreaker was given by Pablo Tecson, a KKK leader and an officer in
the Philippine Republican Army who ironically used to work as a writer for
the Spanish-era publication “Catholic Periodical Guide.” With the decisive
win, the separation of Church and State forever became enshrined in the
country’s succeeding Constitutions.
 2. The 1899 Malolos Constitution was the first republican constitution
in Asia

The Political Constitution of 1899, or the Malolos Constitution, was written

by Felipe Calderon and Felipe Buencamino. It was enacted on January 21,
1899 in the Barasoain Church.

The Preamble reads:

"Nosotros los Representantes del Pueblo Filipino, convocados

legítimamente para establecer la justicia, proveer a la defensa común,
promover el bien general y asegurar los beneficios de la libertad,
implorando el auxilio del Soberano Legislador del Universo para alcanzar
estos fines, hemos votado, decretado y sancionado la siguiente"

(We, the Representatives of the Filipino people, lawfully convened in order

to establish justice, provide for common defence, promote the general
welfare, and insure the benefits of liberty, imploring the aid of the Sovereign
Legislator of the Universe for the attainment of these ends, have voted,
decreed, and sanctioned the following)
Reference:
https://filipiknow.net/catholic-church-in-the-philippines/

https://www.celineism.com/2014/12/things-you-dont-know-about-malolos.html