Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 2):
MAY 14, 1935
The 1935 Constitution was ratified through a plebiscite.
On July 10, 1934, 202 delegates were elected to the 1934 Constitutional Convention headed by Claro M. Recto.
It was finally drafted on February 8, 1935 and approved by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 23.
The 1935 Constitution created the Commonwealth of the Philippines which separated the three branches of government.
The Executive, headed by the President, who shall serve for a single six-year term; the Legislative branch, handled by the unicameral National Assembly; and the Supreme Court, who exercised its power over the Judicial branch.
A few years earlier, on May 14, 1910, Manuel L. Quezon gave a speech before the U.S. Congress pleading the Filipinos desire for independence. Quezon became the first president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
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