17 September, 1935

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TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY:

The election for the first officials of the Philippine Commonwealth was held. Manuel L. Quezon was elected as the first president for a one six-year term with Sergio Osmeña as his vice president. At first, the type of legislature under the constitution was unicameral, but it was later amended into a bicameral legislature. Foreign affairs and military matters were the responsibility of the United States and some legislation required the approval of the US president.

In his presidency, Quezon’s advisers included General Douglas MacArthur who was a US High Commissioner. The latter had a rank of field marshal of the Philippines. Quezon won over the revolutionary President Emilio Aguinaldo and Gregorio Aglipay, founder and supreme bishop of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Philippine Independent Church).

(Ref: Nytimes.com)

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