Proclamation 2148—Establishment of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. Proposing an amendment to the.Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to grant certain sixteenth section and indemnity school land that is owned in fee simple by. Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the TydingsMcDuffie Act, providing for a 10year commonwealth in the Philippines, on March 24, 1934. This is another safeguard to promote moral and ethical conduct in the government. Right to renounce citizenship. Cubans reluctantly included the amendment, which virtually made Cuba a U.S. protectorate, in their constitution. In Congress, July 4, 1776. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has set into motion a proposal to amend the 1987 constitution to set up a federal system of government to end conflict. Cubans reluctantly included the amendment, which virtually made Cuba a U.S. protectorate, in their constitution.