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- Roxas testified before the U.S. Congress that he favored Philippine independence, saying the Filipinos had fulfilled the "stable government" provision of the Jones Act of 1916, which mandated that independence be granted when Filipinos proved that they had a "stable government".
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Roxas’ Washington visit was a frenzied week-long one, meeting with President Truman and ranking American officials to discuss Philippine affairs and concretize plans for US assistance to the Philippines.
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July 4, 1946. Inaugural Addressof His Excellency Manuel Roxas President of the Philippines On the Independence of the Philippines. [Released on July 4, 1946] “WE HAVE REACHED THE SUMMIT OF THE MIGHTY MOUNTAIN OF INDEPENDENCE”. MY COUNTRYMEN:
Apr 11, 2024 · In 1934, however, Roxas was a member of the convention that drew up a constitution under the revised Philippine Independence and Commonwealth Act (Tydings-McDuffie Act). Roxas also served as secretary of finance in the Commonwealth government (1938–40).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Roxas served as the president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in a brief period, from May 28, 1946, to July 4, 1946, during which time Roxas helped prepare the groundwork for an independent Philippines.
- 1941–1945
- Liberal (1946–1948)
- Nacionalista (1917-1946)
- Manuel L. Quezon
Roxas won 54 per cent of the vote and, after agreeing to the terms set out by the United States and securing independence for the Philippines, he officially became the first president of the new republic.
May 9, 2018 · views 3,063,535 updated May 09 2018. Manuel Roxas (1892-1948) was the last president of the Commonwealth and the first president of the Republic of the Philippines. His administration demonstrated decisively that political sovereignty without economic independence encourages reaction, perpetuation of social injustices, and exploitation.
November of 1933, Quezon embarked on the last independence mission to the US to try to secure a better independence bill for the Philippines. [1] He was not as successful as Osmeña and Roxas, as the result of the mission was a near copy of the Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act called the Tydings–McDuffie Act. It removed the provision of military ...
