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'The philosophical liberation that the Filipino movement helped spark unleashed an unstoppable tide that eventually led to the founding of a new China'

On January 21 and 23, 2022, the Philippines will commemorate two landmark events: the 123rd anniversaries of Aguinaldo’s proclamation of the Malolos Constitution and his inauguration of the First Philippine Republic at the Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan. In the saga of constitution-making in the world, it was the first…

Gemma Cruz Araneta The first electoral law of the Spanish empire, contained in the Decree of 29 January 1810, called for representatives from Las Islas Filipinas, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Chile, Venezuela, in short, from all of Spain’s colonies in America and Asia to join the Cortés, that is, the Spanish parliament. The Philippine representative was Don Ventura de los Reyes who together with other delegates signed the hallmark Cadiz Constitution of 1812. In the 1812 Cadiz constitution, the colonies of Spain were given the status of provinces, these were no longer overseas possession b...