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A constitutional plebiscite held in the Philippines on 14 May 1935 ratified the 1935 Philippine Constitution which established the Philippine Commonwealth. [1] The constitution had been written in 1934 by the Constitutional Convention of 1934. Gold In-Laid Chest (Repository of 1935 Philippine Constitution) displayed at Quezon Museum in Quezon ...
On February 8, 1935, the 1935 Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines was approved by the convention by a vote of 177 to 1. The constitution was approved by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 25, 1935, and ratified by popular vote on May 14, 1935. [27] [28] On September 16, 1935, [10] presidential elections were held.
Under the act, the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines was written and the Commonwealth of the Philippines was established, with the first directly elected President of the Philippines. (Direct elections to the Philippine Legislature had been held since 1907.) It also established limitations on Filipino immigration to the United States.
The 1935 Constitution was written, approved and adopted in 1934 by the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935–1946) and later used by the Third Republic (1946–1972). It was written to meet requirements set forth in the Tydings–McDuffie Act to prepare the country for its independence.
On May 14, 1935, an election to fill the newly created office of president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines was won by Manuel L. Quezon (Nacionalista Party), [111] and a Filipino government was formed on the basis of principles superficially similar to the U.S. Constitution. The commonwealth as established in 1935 featured a very strong ...
Some municipal and tax laws from the 1935 Constitution remained in force during this period, [54]: 43 and there was continuity in state bureaucracy from the Commonwealth to the Second Republic. [ 14 ] : 160 Under Japanese rule, governing policy was to win the populace over to the Japanese cause and thus reduce support for the United States, but ...
1935 in the Philippines details events of note that ... February 8 – The Constitutional Convention creates a new constitution. ... The Philippine Commonwealth is ...
After the rejection, a new bill, the Tydings–McDuffie Act of 1934, was passed by the United States Government. This was ratified by the Philippine Senate for eliminating the rejection reasons and resulted in the 1935 Philippine Constitution, the establishment of the Philippine Commonwealth and ultimately Philippine independence on July 4, 1946.