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The Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that the People's Initiative method of amending the constitution is "fatally defective", or inoperable. Another ruling in 2006 on another attempt at a People's Initiative was ruled unconstitutional by the court [15] This only leaves the Constituent Assembly and the Constitutional Convention as the valid ways to amend the constitution.
A plebiscite was held in the Philippines on March 11, 1947, [2] which determined the approval of an amendment to the Constitution of the Philippines, as required by the Bell Trade Act, to provide parity rights between American and Philippine citizens. The amendment was approved by 1,743,981 votes, with 226,238 votes cast against. [3]
The 1967 Philippine Senate election was also held on this day. While the government lost the plebiscite, the ruling Nacionalista Party won six of the eight seats contested in the election. The 1967 Philippine House of Representatives special elections were also held on this day. The Nacionalistas also won all five of the seats contested.
R. A. No. Title / Description Date signed Ref. 10923 An Act postponing the October 2016 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 9164, as amended by Republic Act No. 9340 and Republic Act No. 10656, Prescribing Additional Rules Governing the Conduct of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections and for Other Purposes
A national referendum-plebiscite was held on October 16–17, 1976 in the Philippines in which the majority of the barangay voters approved the continuation of martial law and ratified the proposed amendments to the Constitution substituting the Regular Batasang Pambansa with the Interim Batasang Pambansa, pursuant to Presidential Decrees Nos. 991, 1031, and 1032.
Strengthening Peoples' Nationalism through Philippine History Act 2010-05-13: 10087: Changing the Name of a Bureau: National Library of the Philippines: 2010-05-13: 10088: Anti-Camcording Act of 2010 2010-05-13: 10089: Philippine Rubber Research Institute Act of 2010 2010-05-14: 10090: Establishing a Municipal Hospital: Aguinaldo Municipal ...
[27] Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines President Pablo Virgilio David warned the public about the potential deception in the gathering of signatures for the people's initiative, suggesting the PI was mainly driven by "a few public servants and not truly the initiative of ordinary citizens". [28]
Plebiscites were held on June 18, 1940 in the Philippines to ratify the following amendments to the Constitution: the extension of the tenure of the President and the Vice-President to four years with reelection for another term; the establishment of a bicameral Congress of the Philippines, with the Senate as the upper house and the House of Representatives as the lower house; and the creation ...