National Assembly of the Philippines

National Assembly of the Philippines
Philippines
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Established	May 14, 1935
Disbanded	June 18, 1940
Leadership
Speaker of the Assembly	Gil Montilla (Assemblyman, Negros Occidental–3rd) Nacionalista Democratico (1935–1939) José Yulo (Assemblyman, Negros Occidental–3rd) Nacionalista (1939–1941)
Deputy Speaker	José Zulueta (Assemblyman, Iloilo–1st) Nacionalista Democratico/Nacionalista
Majority Floor Leader	José E. Romero (Assemblyman, Negros Oriental–2nd) Nacionalista (1935–1938) Quintin Paredes (Assemblyman, Abra–Lone) Nacionalista (1938–1941)
Structure
Seats	89 members (1935); elected 98 members (1938); elected
Length of term	3 years
Authority	Article VI, 1935 Constitution of the Philippines
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post voting
Meeting place
Legislative Building, Padre Burgos Avenue, Ermita, Manila

The National Assembly of the Philippines (Tagalog: Kapulungáng Pambansâ ng Pilipinas, Spanish: Asamblea Nacional de Filipinas) refers to the legislature of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1941, and of the Second Philippine Republic during the Japanese occupation. The National Assembly of the Commonwealth was created under the 1935 Constitution, which served as the Philippines' fundamental law to prepare it for its independence from the United States of America.

The National Assembly during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during the Second World War in the Pacific was created by the 1943 Constitution. With the invasion of the Philippines, the Commonwealth government had gone into exile to the United States. It left behind a skeletal bureaucracy whose officials formed a government under the Japanese Imperial Army. In an attempt to win the loyalty of Filipinos, the Japanese established a nominally independent Republic of the Philippines, with a National Assembly as its legislative body. The Second Philippine Republic was only recognized by the Axis powers.^[1]