>Does COG somehow interrupt a regular term?
>(Not proficient in COG rules)
A Government-in-Exile approach due to occupation by a foreign power worked for President Manuel Quezon and was legally backed by the USA:
'Quezon and other important members of the Commonwealth government relocated on December 24,1941 to Corregidor Island in Manila Bay. The Philippine Commonwealth government was now officially in exile. The government would not resume its legitimate place in Manila until February 27, 1945. The exile lasted for 38 difficult months.'
https://usa.inquirer.net/94255/wwii-a-philippine-government-in-exile
45-46-47