AL S. VITANGCOL 3RD
THE 1899 Philippine Constitution will be celebrating its 121st anniversary this coming January 21. This is popularly known, and studied in our schools, as the Malolos Constitution. The representatives of the Filipino people “voted, decreed and sanctioned” the political constitution of the Republic on Jan. 20, 1899, led by Pedro A. Paterno, the president of the Congress. It was approved and commanded to take effect “because it is the sovereign will of the Filipino people” on Jan. 21, 1899 by the president of the revolutionary government, Emilio F. Aguinaldo.