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The Constitution of the Philippines (Filipino: Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas or Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas) is the supreme law of the Philippines. Its final draft was completed by the Constitutional Commission on October 12, 1986, and ratified by a nationwide plebiscite on February 2, 1987. The Constitution remains unamended to this day.
The government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform ...
A nomination process was held to select the members of the commission. The commission was composed of 48 national, regional, and sectoral representatives, which included lawyers, entrepreneurs, politicians, landlords, health professionals, religious leaders, labor and peasant leaders, university professors, and journalists.
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The Philippine constitution provides for Spanish and Arabic on a voluntary, optional basis. [5] Spanish, a widely used lingua franca during the late nineteenth century, has declined greatly in use, [514] [515] although Spanish loanwords are still present in Philippine languages. [516] [517] [518] Arabic is primarily taught in Mindanao Islamic ...
A constitutional plebiscite was held in the Philippines on February 2, 1987. The plebiscite is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 3, which was issued on March 25, 1986, [1] by President Corazon Aquino. It abolished the Office of the Prime Minister and the Regular Batasang Pambansa (English: National Assembly).
Constituent assembly is a term describing one of the three methods by which amendments to the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines may be proposed.The other two modes are via people's initiative and constitutional convention.
The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines Archived 2019-01-05 at the Wayback Machine; Article XVII, The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines Archived 2019-01-05 at the Wayback Machine; The Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines (in Filipino and English Version)