- Pedro Concepcion
Infobox Officeholder
name = Pedro Concepcion
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office = COMELEC Chairman
term_start =September 01 ,1940
term_end =May 11 ,1941
predecessor =Newly Established
successor =Jose Lopez Vito
appointer =Manuel L. Quezon
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nationality = FilipinoPedro Concepcion 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 Jose 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. [ [http://comelec.wordpress.com/2006/08/22/the-comelec-66-years-of-service-to-the-nation/ Comelec wordpress]
External links
* [http://comelec.wordpress.com/2006/08/22/the-comelec-66-years-of-service-to-the-nation/ Comelec Wordpress]
Notes
External links
* [http://elibrary.supremecourt.gov.ph/index3.php?justicetype=Associate+Justice&justiceid=a45475a11ec72b843d74959b60fd7bd64564895dca2e0 Supreme Court E-Library: Memorabilia Room]
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