On July 30, 1934, 200 men met in the Legislative Building to write one of the most important documents in Philippine history, the 1935 Constitution. The delegates of the 1934 Constitutional Convention were elected by the people to frame the fundamental law that created the commonwealth government and began the nation’s road to independence from American rule.
But this task was not without its controversies and conflicts. It began with what convention president Claro M. Recto said were “seeming antipathies, partisan jealousies and clashes of minds,” and ended with “the triumph over the passion of the moment.”
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