The 1935 Constitution

provided the legal basis of the

Commonwealth Government
which was considered a
transition government before
the granting of the Philippine
independence with American-
inspired constitution.
The 1935 Constitution was
written in 1934, approved
and adopted by the
Commonwealth of the
Philippines (1935–1946) and
later used by the Third
Republic (1946–1972).
The first organic law for the
Philippine Islands that provided for
the creation of a popularly elected
Philippine Assembly.
The legislative power was vested in
a bicameral legislature compose of
The Philippine Constitution and
The Philippine Assembly.
Modified the structure of the
Philippine government
through the removal of the
Philippine Commission
replacing it with a Senate
that served as Upper House
and its members elected by
the Filipino voters.
Billof Rights for Filipinos
Appointment of two non-
voting Filipino Resident
Commissioners as
representative to the
United States House of
Representatives.
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 established.
 The Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act was the first
US law passed setting a process and a date
for the Philippines to gain independence
from the United States. It was the result of
the OsRox Mission led by Sergio Osmeña
and Manuel Roxas. The law promised
Philippine independence after 10 years,
but reserved several military and naval
bases for the United States, as well as
imposed tariffs and quotas on Philippine
imports.
Itwas passed by the United
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 first 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
United States would live up
to its promise to grant
independence to the
Philippines.
 The Filipino people, imploring the aid of
Divine Providence, in order to establish
a government that shall embody their
ideals, conserve and develop the
patrimony of the nation, promote the
general welfare, and secure to
themselves and their posterity the
blessings of independence under a
régime of justice, liberty, and
democracy, do ordain and promulgate
this Constitution.
The Constitution created the
Commonwealth of the Philippines
that governed our country from
1935-1946.
It is a transitional administration
to prepare the country toward its
full achievemnet of
independence.
It originally provided for a
unicameral National Assembly with
a president and a vice president
elected to a six year term without
re-election.
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.
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.
The draft of the constitution was
approved by the constitutional
convention on 8 February 1935 and
ratified by the U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt on 25 March
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.
The Philippines was declared
an independent republic on 4
July 1946.
 Write TRUE if the statement is TRUE and if
the statement is FALSE underline the
word/s and change it to the correct answer.
1. The Philippine Organic Act of 1902 was the
second organic law of the Philippine
Islands that provided for the creation of
Philippine Assembly.
2. The Philippine Autonomy Act was also
commonly referred as Tydings-Mcduffie
Act.
3. Sergio Osmeña was unanimously elected
as President during the first meeting of
the constitutional convention.
4. Rights to suffrage were originally
afforded to male citizens of the Philippines
who are 18 years of age.
5. The 1935 Commonwealth Constitution
was originally provided for a unicameral
assembly with a president and vice
president elected to a six year term with
one re-election.