REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Batasan Hills, Quezon City

SEVENTEETH CONGRESS
‘Third Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 8065

Introduced by REP. BENHUR L. SALIMBANGON

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The late Marcelo Briones Fernan was a lawyer of no ordinary talent having graduated
from the elite public law school of the University of the Philippines where he successfully
entered coming as he doses from a provincial academic school in Cebu.

Marcelo Briones Fernan saw the vision of his father, Judge Wenceslao Fernan, to foster
the noble ideals of a social institution, the Bogo Redeemers Society (BRS) which his father
founded in Bogo City to continue transforming and molding the character of thousands of
Bogohanon youth and make it relevant for almost a hundred years. Marcelo Briones Fernan
was elected Cebu Provincial Board and Batasang Pambansa member, Constitutional
Convention delegate and National President of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, all elective
positions at grassroots. Marcelo Briones Fernan was appointed Constitutional
Commission member, Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
Philippines, thereby becoming constitutionally mandated head of the Judiciary Branch, one of
three great branches of government, Marcelo Briones Fernan was nationally elected by the
people as Senator of the Republic and thereupon chosen President thereof by his peers, he
thereby again for the second time headed another branch of government, the Senate of the
Philippines. Marcelo Briones Fernan in his lifetime became the only Filipino to have held two
great branches of government (see Wikipedia) he has thereby distinguished himself undeniably
an “illustrious Filipino” and “statesman”.

This bill seeks to construct a monument at Bogo City, Cebu where Marcelo Briones
Feman hails from befitting of a person who has served as head of the two branches of
government, the Judiciary and Legislative branches of government. The monument would be
an enduring tribute to a person who has been considered as legal luminary, a statesman and
illustrious Filipino.


Under this bill, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines shall exercise
supervision and control over the construction of the aforementioned monument.

In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bills is earnestly requested.

BENHUR L. SALIMBANGON
Representative
{ District, Cebu Province


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Batasan Hills, Quezon City

SEVENTEETH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 8065

Introduced by REP. BENHUR L. SALIMBANGON

AN ACT DECLARING OCTOBER 24 OF EVERY YEAR AS A SPECIAL
NON-WORKING HOLIDAY KNOWN AS “MARCELO BRIONES FERNAN DAY”
IN THE CITY OF BOGO IN HONOR OF THE LATE MARCELO BRIONES FERNAN,
AN OUTSTANDING STATESMAN AND LEGAL LUMINARY

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

Section 1. Short Title - October 24 of every year is hereby declared as a special
nonworking holiday known as “Marcelo Briones Fernan Day” in the City of Bogo, Cebu to
commemorate one of the greatest and outstanding Bogohanon, Marcelo Briones Fernan, a
statesman and an illustrious Filipino.

Section 2. Effectivity — This act shall take effect 15 days after its publication in the
Official Gazette or in 2 newspapers of general circulation,

Approved,