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The town of Agoncillo was originally a part of Lemery, Batangas.
In 1935, civic leader Hon. Jacinto M. Mendoza sought the help of two Lemery Municipal Councilors namely: Hon. Vicente Maligalig and Hon. Graciano Alcantara to work on infrastructure problems, specifically roads, bridges and other construction of schools in his part of town.
Due to his undying persisitence, Hon. Mendoza, along with the two councilors managed an Executive Committee to pass a resolution on September 10, 1936 to Provincial Board to separate 11 barangays from Lemery to form a new Municipal government where better attention to the basic needs of its residents could be efficiently and effectively met. Among those to part were the barrios of: Balangon, Coral na Munti, Bangin, Pansipit, Pook, Pamiga, Guitna, Panghulan, Subic, Bilibinwang, and Banyaga. This was endorsed to the Secretary of the Interior for comments and recommendations.
On May 12, 1948 by virtue of Executive Order (EO) No. 140 President Elipidio Quirino created the Municipality of Pansipit effective July 1 of the same year. However, before it could take effect, the Municipal Council of Lemery passed Resolution No. 19 dated June 10, 1948 requesting President Quirino to revoke his EO due to alleged economic, political and financial reasons. This move proved to be very valuable as EO 140 was suspended on July 2, 1948. It was believed that the residents themselves were against the separation and creation of the new municipality.
Four days after, on July 6, 1948, EO 148 was endorsed for the holding of a plebiscite involving the 11 barangays. This transpired on August 22, 1948 and the result were 1,479 were in favor while 2 only otherwise. With this, the Municipality of Pansipit was formally created. On April 7, 1949, thename was changed to the Municipality of Agoncillo in homage to the late Don Felipe Agoncillo who was the first Filipino representative to the Spanish Cortes and the lawyer-representative to the negotiations that lead to the Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish-American War. He was also known as the “Outstanding First Filipino Diplomat”.
As years passed, the 11 original barangays of Agoncillo became 21.
Source: MPDC – Municipality of Agoncillo, Batangas
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