Manuel Briones

Manuel C. Briones (born January 1, 1894 in Cebu , † after 1957 ) was a Filipino journalist and politician .

biography

After attending school, he initially worked as a journalist and finally became an editor for the Spanish-language daily newspapers La Tribuna and El Espectador, which appear in Cebu . He also studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1916 after completing his studies .

In 1918 he began his political career with the election as a member of the House of Representatives , in which he represented the interests of Cebu for four consecutive legislative terms until 1931. During this time he was co-author of the first labor law, now the Workmen's Compensation Act . Furthermore, as Majority Floor Leader , he was at times leader of the majority parliamentary group and also chairman of the Parliamentary Assessment Mission in Mindanao , which led to construction projects for roads and highways. In 1930 he was also a member of the Mission to Negotiate the Sovereignty of the Philippines from the United States .

After leaving the House of Representatives, he became a member of the Senate in 1931 and represented the interests of the 10th Senate electoral district, which extended to Cebu, until 1935. As such, he was also a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1934 and was made a member of the seven-member Committee of Wise Men that drafted the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines .

In the 1949 presidential election he ran as a candidate for the Nacionalista Party for the office of Vice President, but was defeated by the candidate of the Liberal Party , Fernando López .

In November 1951 he was re-elected as a member of the Senate and belonged to it for a six-year election period until 1957. Most recently he was also President of the Senate Pro tempore between 1954 and 1957 and as such a representative of the Senate President in the event of his absence or illness.

Briones was also a member of numerous international cultural institutions such as the Real Academia Española .

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