Pedro Concepcion Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honorable
Pedro Concepción
Office1:Chairman of the Commission on Elections
Term Start1:September 1, 1940
Term End1:May 11, 1941
Predecessor1:Post created
Successor1:José López Vito
Office2:35th Associate Justice
of the Philippine Supreme Court
Term Start2:October 31, 1936
Term End2:January 1, 1940
Nationality:Filipino

Pedro Concepción was a Filipino lawyer and was the first chairman of the Philippine election commission, the COMELEC.

COMELEC

On August 22, 1940, the National Assembly moved for the passage of Commonwealth Act No. 607, a law was already under study seeking the amendment of the 1935 Constitution to clothe the Commission with “constitutional” status. Thus was born the first COMELEC with lawyer Pedro Concepcion as the first chairman and José Abreu and Rufino Luna as members. There were only 39 employees then – a number that would expand to some 5,301 in the next 66 years. The law vested in it the same powers which it would have under the amended 1935 Constitution.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. http://comelec.wordpress.com/2006/08/22/the-comelec-66-years-of-service-to-the-nation/ Comelec wordpress