“The Policies and Achievements of the Government and Regeneration of the Filipino." A student's POV

  “The Policies and Achievements of the Government and Regeneration of the Filipino.” “The Filipino people are on the march, towards their destiny, to conquer their place in the sun!”  August 19, 1938, Manuel L. Quezon gave the speech, “The Policies and Achievements of the Government and Regeneration of the Filipino,” at the José Rizal Memorial Field, addressed to the faculties and student bodies of public and private learning institutes.  Political and Historical Context:  1935, the establishment of the Commonwealth Government, signaling a significant and revolutionary segment of Philippine History. Significance of the Commonwealth? A phase (or transition) for full independence from the United States. It was up to this point that the Philippines was coined as a “puppet state” for the States. He was handpicked as the first President of this new government, with the main objective of establishing a stable government and combating social issues. Through his speech in 1...