READINGS IN PHILIPPINE
HISTORY
EVOLUTION OF
PHILIPPINE
CONSTITUTION
AT THE END OF THIS LESSON:
1. Explain the importance of a
constitution in a nation.
2. Trace the development of the
Philippine Constitution
3. Discuss the significant
provision incorporated in the
Philippine Constitution
MEANING OF CONSTITUTION
Constitution - an aggregate of fundamental principles
or established precedents that constitute the legal
basis of a polity, organisation or other type of
entity, and commonly determine how that entity is to
be governed.
Constitute - to give legal form, to establish (laws)
Constituent – part of something
Importance of Phil.
Consti
1. Maintain Law and Order
2. Impose rules and regulations
3. Protects individual rights and freedom
4. Limits the power of the government
Nature and
purposes
1. It is the charter creating the government
2. It is binding to all individual citizens and all
organs of the government
3. It is the law to which all other laws must
conform
4. It is the test of the legality of all
governmental actions.
EVOLUTION OF
PHILIPPINE
CONSTITUTION
• 1899: Malolos Constitution
• 1935: The Commonwealth
Constitution
• 1943 Constitution
• 1973: Constitutional
Authoritarianism
• 1987: Constitution after Martial Law
FROM THESE, ONLY THREE WERE HAVE EFFECTIVELY
GOVERNED THE COUNTRY
• the 1935 Commonwealth
Constitution
• the 1973 Constitution
• the 1987 Constitution
1899 Constitution
(The Malolos
Constitution)
Malolos Constitution
❑ Revolution against Spain were launched, and the
Philippine Independence was declared in Kawit Cavite
on June 12, 1898.
▪ The Malolos Congress was convened on September 15,
1898.
▪ Patterned under the French and Cuba model.
❑ The Malolos Constitution was approved on January 2,
1899
▪ It is the first Philippine Constitution
▪ Ushered to the First Philippine Republic
❑ Revolution against Spain were launched, and the
Philippine Independence was declared in Kawit Cavite
on June 12, 1898.
▪ The Malolos Congress was convened on September 15,
1898.
▪ Patterned under the French and Cuba model.
❑ The Malolos Constitution was approved on January 2,
1899
▪ It is the first Philippine Constitution
▪ Ushered to the First Philippine Republic
SALIENT FEATURES OF 1899 CONSTITUTION
AMERICAN COLONIZATION
The 1935
Constitution
SALIENT FEATURES OF 1935 CONSTITUTION
JAPANESE INVATION
❑ Became operative after the restoration of US rule in the
Philippines.
▪ It established the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
▪ Based on the principle of separation of powers among the
three branches of government: executive, legislative, judicial
branch.
❑ It declared that upon proclamation of independence, the
Commonwealth of the Philippines shall be known as the
Republic of the Philippines.
▪ Presidential form of government
▪ Bill of Rights
The 1943
Constitution
SALIENT FEATURES OF 1943 CONSTITUTION
MARCOS ADMINISTRATION
•
The 1973
Constitution
SALIENT FEATURES OF 1973 CONSTITUTION
1976 AMENDMENT
SALIENT FEATURES OF 1973 CONSTITUTION
MARCOS ADMINISTRATION
The 1986
Freedom
Constitution
SALIENT FEATURES OF 1986 CONSTITUTION
The 1987
Philippine
Constitution
1987 CONSTITUTION
•
1987 CONSTITUTION
•
1987 CONSTITUTION
•
1987 CONSTITUTION
•
1987 CONSTITUTION
•
1987 CONSTITUTION
•
1987 CONSTITUTION
