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1987 Constitution

The document summarizes the key events and components of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. It describes how President Corazon Aquino established a transitional constitution after the 1986 People Power Revolution and martial law. It then discusses the ratification of the 1987 Constitution, which established the Philippines as a democratic republic and allocated powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. It also outlines the structure and roles of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches as well as independent constitutional commissions. The document concludes by discussing attempts to amend or revise provisions of the 1987 Constitution.

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1987 Constitution

The document summarizes the key events and components of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. It describes how President Corazon Aquino established a transitional constitution after the 1986 People Power Revolution and martial law. It then discusses the ratification of the 1987 Constitution, which established the Philippines as a democratic republic and allocated powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. It also outlines the structure and roles of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches as well as independent constitutional commissions. The document concludes by discussing attempts to amend or revise provisions of the 1987 Constitution.

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1987

Constitution after
Martial Law
President Corazon
Cojuangco-Aquino
Most prominent figure of the 1986
People Power Revolution
11th President of the Philippines
Presidential term: February 25,
1986 – June 30, 1992

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Freedom Constitution
March 25, 1986
Proclamation of a transitional Constitution
Verbatim copy of the old 1973 constitution minus
the provisions on the batasang pambansa
Aquino vested herself both executive and
Legeslative power

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1987 Constitution
Ratified on February 2, 1987
Begins with Preamble and 18 self-contained article
Established the Philippines as "democratic republican
state"
Allocates governmental powers among the executive,
legislative and judicial branches of government

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THREE BRACHES OF THE GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE
Headed by the president and his cabinet member
Head of the state and chief executive
The president may still declare martial law, but no
longer than a period of sixty days
President and Vice-president are elected at large by
direct vote, serving a single 6-year term

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THREE BRACHES OF THE GVOERNMENT
LEGISLATIVE
The legislative power resides in a Congress divided into
two houses:
House of the Senate
24 Senators are elected at large by popular vote; can
serve no more than2 consecutive 6-year term
House of Representative
234 Legislative District Representative (80%of the total
number of representative)
Part-list Representative (20% of the seat in the house)
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THREE BRACHES OF THE GVOERNMENT
JUDICIAL
Vested on Philippine Court System
Composed of the Supreme Court and lower courts
Supreme Court is a 15-member court appointed by the president
Supreme Court justice may hear an appeal on any question of law
provided it has jurisdiction
Supreme Court may also exercise original jurisdiction over cases
involving the government or international affairs

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THREE INDEPENDENT CONSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION
Civil Service Commission - central agency in
charge of government personnel
Commission on Election - mandated to enforce
and administer all election laws and regulations
Commission on Audit - examines all funds,
transactions and property accounts of the
government and its agencies
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Office of the Ombudsman
Created to investigate to investigate complaints
that pertain to public corruption, unlawful behavior
of public officials, and other public misconduct.
Charge public officials before the Sandiganbayan,
a special court created for this purpose.

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Attempts to Amend
or Change the 1987
Constitution
Amendments to this Constitution may likewise be
directly proposed by the people through initiative
upon a petition of at least twelve per centum of the
total number of registered voters
No amendment under this section shall be
authorized within five years following the
ratification of this Constitution nor oftener than
once every five years thereafter.

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Section 1 of Article 17 of the 1987 Constitution
the resolution states that any amendment to, or
revision of, the Constitution may be proposed
by: (1) The Congress, upon a vote of three-
fourths of all its Members; or (2) A constitutional
convention.

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Provisions of the 1987 Constitution have already
served, if not outlived, their purpose, hence the
sustained clamor over the years for amendments
to or revision of the Constitution finds
justification, in the need to provide, among other
much needed socio-economic and political
reforms, a long-term solution to the decades old
conflict in Mindanao and regional economic
development in the countryside.
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