On September 18, 2007, Rodolfo Valencia, Representative of Oriental Mindoro filed House Bill 2594, that declared Malvar as the second Philippine President, alleging that it is incorrect to consider Manuel L. Quezon as the Second President of the Philippine Republic serving after Emilio Aguinaldo: "General Malvar took over the revolutionary government after General Emilio Aguinaldo, first President of the Republic, was captured on March 23, 1901, and exiled in Hong Kong by the American colonial government—since he was next in command."
Noong Setyembre 18, 2007, inihain ni Rodolfo Valencia, Kinatawan ng Oriental Mindoro, ang Panukalang Batas 2594, na naghahayag na si Malvar ang ikalawang Pangulo ng Pilipinas, na nagsasabi na maling kilalanin na si Manuel L. Quezon ang Ikalawang Pangulo ng Republika ng Pilipinas na naglingkod pagtapos ni Emilio Aguinaldo: "Pinalitan ni Heneral Malvar ang pamahalaang rebolusyonaryo pagkatapos mahuli si Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo, ang unang Pangulo ng Republika, noong Marso 23, 1901, at ipinatapon sa Hong Kong ng Pamahalaang Kolonyal ng Amerika — dahil siya ang sunod sa kapangyarihan."WikiMatrix WikiMatrix