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Manuel L. Quezon: His Excellency Address on Policies and Achievements of the Government and Regeneration of the Filipino (1938)

= History = Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina was born on August 19, 1878 and died on August 01, 1944. He is known for 'Father of Filipino Language '. He was a son of a teacher and a landholder from the island of Luzon. Quezon was a student of Santo Tomas in Manila however in 1899, he had to cut his studies short to participate in the struggle of independence against the United States that was led by Emilio Aguinaldo. After the surrender of Aguinaldo, Quezon resumed his studies and obtained his degree then practiced law for 7 years. Aside from being the second president of the Philippines, he also became a soldier back then during the Filipino-American war and a governor in Tayabas province for 2 years in 1905. He joined the military as an aide-de-camp and he was also one of the general staff on President Aguinaldo. Quezon has gone through many trials. He is one of the first senate Presidents of the Philippines and has the longest tenure in this position. No wonder why he is called people's president because he is one of the leaders when it comes to Philippine independence. He did not surrender to the Philippines and fought for our country to be able to have its own system or government.

Achievements
On August 13, 1938, the president stated his address to the faculties and students of all the universities and of the teachers and pupils of the public and private schools of Manila, which talked about his policies and achievements of his administration during the last three years. Former President Manuel L. Quezon's speech shows that he has been a good leader of our country which is the Philippines- not just in words but also in his actions. He made sure that our country and the government itself is unbiased. He prioritizes the equality of everyone regardless of gender. The reason for this particular circumstance is that Manuel Quezon believed that the past administration did better than him, not thinking he was the one who did it compared to other administrations. During his time, he did not allow corruption to be a hindrance to the development of the Philippines because it could also affect his administration. Besides, if we can still remember, he favored the ratification of the Tydings-McDuffie Act which gave way to the 10 years transitional government which is the Commonwealth. This is the time where the official Philippines independence was on July 04, 1946.

Contributions
Aside from his achievements, he provided some policies he had made to ensure the benefits of every Filipinos under his leadership, like implementing the Minimum wage law, which was signed on August 16, 1937. The second one is the  Amending Executive Order No. 49, series of 1936, entitled “Increasing and Fixing the Minimum Daily Wage to Be Paid to Common Laborers Employed by the National Government in the Different Provinces and Chartered Cities” to fix a minimum daily wage of Php 1.25 for common laborers employed by the national government in the city of Manila and Php 1.00 for those employed in the different provinces and chartered cities.

Just like what I’ve said earlier, equality of every Filipino is one of his priorities so he also allowed women to vote freely during the time of the Commonwealth.

Approved a law called the National Council of Education which improves the educational system in the Philippines. He also built establishments that will be beneficial to every Filipino like schools, hospitals, roads, and bridges, and an important one is to extend the benefits of social workers which helps our nation a lot.

Manuel L. Quezon does not let his Filipino people rely on anything or fall under sweet coated lies because he knows what the true leader is. Quezon proved that a good leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, until they say: we did it ourselves. If we look at those times, it will probably be one of the best government administrations. He did not just fight for his freedom but for every Filipino who always seed for freedom in all things, even in their rights.

Resources
https://philippines.fandom.com/wiki/Manuel_L._Quezon:_His_Exellency_Address_(1938)#Address_of_President_Manuel_L._Quezon_on_Policies_and_Achievements_of_the_Government_and_Regeneration_of_the_Filipino.5B1.5D https://philippines.fandom.com/wiki/The_policies_and_achievements_of_the_Government_and_Regeneration_Of_the_Filipino_%3D_main_idea