Dr. Joaquin Gonzalez was a member of the Malolos Congress

Malolos Congress

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 that wrote the Malolos Constitution, the first Philippine constitution, after the country declared independence from Spain in 1898. He was one of two elected delegates representing the province of Pampanga

Pampanga

Pampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Pampanga is bordered by the provinces of Bataan and Zambales to the west, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to the north, and Bulacan to the southeast...

 (the other being Don Jose Rodriguez Infante). Along with Felipe Calderon y Roca, the main author of the constitution, Dr. Gonzalez was part of a committee that took part in the debates that went article by article from October 25 to November 29, 1898.¹

On October 19, 1898, Dr.