Editing Manuel L. Quezon (section)

====Quezon-Osmeña impasse====
[[File:Quezon with his staff.jpg|thumb|Quezon (center) with his cabinet members in 1944]]
By 1943, the Philippine government in exile was faced with a crisis.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> According to the 1935 constitution, Quezon's term would expire on 30 December 1943 and Vice-President [[Sergio Osmeña]] would succeed him as president. Osmeña wrote to Quezon advising him of this, and Quezon issued a press release and wrote to Osmeña that a change in leadership would be unwise at that time. Osmeña then requested the opinion of [[U.S. Attorney General]] [[Homer Cummings]], who upheld Osmeña's view as consistent with the law. Quezon remained adamant, and sought President Roosevelt's decision. Roosevelt remained aloof from the controversy, suggesting that the Philippine officials resolve the impasse.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

Quezon convened a cabinet meeting with Osmeña, [[Resident Commissioner of the Philippines|Resident Commissioner]] [[Joaquín Miguel Elizalde|Joaquín Elizalde]], Brigadier General [[Carlos P. Romulo]] and his cabinet secretaries, [[Andrés Soriano]] and Jaime Hernandez. After a discussion, the cabinet supported Elizalde's position in favor of the constitution, and Quezon announced his plan to retire in California.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

After the meeting, Osmeña approached Quezon and broached his plan to ask the United States Congress to suspend the constitutional provisions for presidential succession until after the Philippines had been liberated; this legal way out was agreeable to Quezon and his cabinet, and steps were taken to carry out the proposal. Sponsored by Senator Tydings and Congressman Bell, the resolution was unanimously approved by the [[United States Senate|Senate]] on a [[voice vote]] and passed the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] by a vote of 181 to 107 on 10 November 1943.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> He was inaugurated for the third time on November 15, 1943 in [[Washington, D.C.]] The oath of office was administered by US [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice]] [[Felix Frankfurter]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 15, 1943 |title=Inaugural Address of President Manuel L. Quezon, November 15, 1943 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1943/11/15/inaugural-address-of-president-manuel-l-quezon-november-15-1943/ |access-date=May 19, 2021 |publisher=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}</ref>