it is a ppt about 1935 Philippine constitution.

2. • THE 1935 CONSTITUTION PROVISION THE
LEGAL BASIS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
GOVERNMENT WHICH WAS CONSIDERED A
TRANSITION GOVERNMENT BEFORE THE
GRANTING OF THE PHILIPPINE
INDEPENDENCE WITH AMERICAN INSPIRED
CONSTITUTION.

3. • IT WAS ALSO WRITTEN IN 1934, APPROVED
AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMONWEALTH
OF THE PHILIPPINES ( 1935 – 1946 ) AND
LATER USED BY THE THIRD REPUBLIC (
1946 – 1972 ).

4. • THE FIRST ORGANIC LAW FOR THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS THAT PROVIDED FOR THE CREATION
OF A POPULARY ELECTED PHILIPPINE
ASSEMBLY.
• THE LEGISLATIVE POWER WAS VESTED IN A
BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE COMPOSE OF THE
PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION AND THE
PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY.

5.  MODIFIED THE STRUCTURE OF THE
PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TROUGH THE
REMOVAL OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISION
APPACING IT WITH A SENATE THAT SERVE AS
UPPER HOUSE AND ITS MEMBERS ELECTED BY
FILIPINO VOTERS.

6. • BILL OF RIGHTS FOR FILIPINOS
• APPOINTMENT OF TWO NON VOTING
FILIPINO RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS AS
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED STATES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.

7. • IT EXPLICITLY DECLARED THE PURPOSE OF THE
UNITED STATES TO END THEIR SOVEREIGNTY OVER
THE PHILIPPINES AND RECOGNIZED PHILIPPINE
INDEPENDENCE AS SOON AS A STABLE GOVERNMENT
CAN BE ESTABLSIHED.

8. • THIS WAS THE FIRST US LAW PASSED SETTING A PROCESS AND
A DATE FOR THE PHILIPPINES TO GAIN THE IDEPENDENCE FROM
THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS THE RESULT OF THE OSROX
MISSION LED BY THE SERGIO OSMENA AND MANUEL ROXAS.
THE LAW PROMISED PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE AFTER 10
YEARS, BUT SERVE SEVERAL MILITARY AND A NAVAL BASES FOR
THE UNITED STATES, AS WELL AS IMPOSED TARIFFS AND
QUOTAS ON THE PHILIPPINE IMPORTS.

9. • IT WAS PASSED BY THE UNITES STATES CONGRESS
THAT PROVIDED AUTHORITY AND DEFINE
MECHANISMS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
FORMAL CONSTITUTION BY A CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION.
• THE MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUTION WERE
ELECTED AND HELD THEIR FISRT MEETING ON JULY
30, 1934 WITH CLARO M. RECTO UNANIMOUSLY
ELECTED AS PRESIDENT .
• THE CONSTITUTION WAS CRAFTED TO MEET THE
APPROVAL OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
AND TO ENSURE THAT THE U.S WOULD LIVE UP TO
ITS PROMISE TO GRAT INDEPENDENCE TO THE
PHILIPPINES.

10. • THE CONSTITUTION CEATED THE COMMONWEALTH
OF THE PHILIPPINES THAT GOVERNED OUR
COUNTRY FROM 1935 – 1946.
• IT IS A TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION TO
PREPARE THE COUNTRY TOWARDS ITS FULL
ACHIEVEMENT OF INDEPENDENCE .
• IT ORIGINALLY PROVIDED FOR A UNICAMERAL
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WITH A PRESIDENT A VICE
PRESIDENT ELECTED TO A SIX YEAR TERM WITHOUT
RE-ELECTION.

11. • IT IS AMENDED IN 1940 TO HAVE A BICAMERAL
CONGRESS AS WELL AS THE CREATION OF AN
INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION.
• THE TERM OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
WAS LIMITED TO 4 YEARS WITH ONE RE-ELECTION (
BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE )
• RIGHT TO SUFFRAGE WERE ORIGINALLY AFFORDED
TO MALE CITIZENS OF THE PHILIPPINES WHO ARE
TWENTY – ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OVER AND ARE
ABLE TO READ AND WRITE.

12. • THE DRAFT OF THE CONSTITUTION WAS
APPROVED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION ON FEBRUARY 8, 1935 AND
RATIFIED BY THE U.S PRESIDENT FRANKLIN
D. ROOSEVELT ON MARCH 25 , 1935.
• ELECTIONS WERE HELD IN SEPTEMBER
1935 AND MANUEL L. QUEZON WAS
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE
COMMONWEALTH.
• THE COMMONWEALTH WAS BRIEFLY
INTERRUPTED BY THE EVENTS OF WORLD
WAR II, WITH THE JAPANESE OCCUPYING
THE PHILIPPINES.

13. • THE PHILIPPINES WAS DECLARED AN
INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC ON JULY 4,
1946.