A constitution is a set of rules that guides how a country, state, or other political organization

works. The Constitution creates the branches of government and gives them the power to
govern. However, it also protects the citizens of the United States and guarantees their basic
rights. .
Supreme Law of the Land/ It is the highest form of law in the country= All laws must comply with
the principles set in the constitution. The government cannot pass a law which goes against the
Constitution. No person, not even the President, can go against it. The courts and the government must
also make sure what they do is constitutional. The Constitution itself is protected because it is difficult to
change a constitution.

Did you know that for every change in the constitution in the Philippines, the President released
a proclamation to commemorate the date when the new charter took effect? This day is called
Constitution Day.

Law and Order= Imagine our country without a consti, it will in chaos. We
will be denied of our rights and Anarchy will be possible. It is a state of
society without authorities or a governing body that result in a total confusion
Resposonsibilitites= It tells the what the gov should and shoul not do
Rights= When the people know their rights then they can fight for them and defend them
when the need arises for them to do so.

Limits the power of the gov, = Greedy officials will take advantage the
Govvernment will function according to its will
The Philippines has had a total of six constitutions since the Proclamation of Independence on
June 12, 1898 and present consti, w/c is the 1987 phil consti

The Philippines was once under the spannish rule for 300 years. Until finally came the
Spanish Filipino truce w/c was called the pack of biac na bato. Spanish government
agreed to grant self-rule to the Philippines in 3 years if Aguinaldo went to exile and
surrender his arms. Aguinaldo went to hongkong. The Filipino's and the Spaniards did not
trust each other. The Spanish did not pay the entire agreed amount. Likewise, the Some
Filipinos did not surrender. The truce was a complete failure.
, Aguinaldo came back to the Philippines and declared the Phil of Independence from spain. For the
Filipinos it was finaly over until the us- spain secret agreement, treaty of partis. Us wanted phil as
coony so spain sold the Philippines. Filpinos were not happy with the idea, this forced Aguinaldo to
issued a decrees forming malolos congress w/c was a committee who was assigned to make the
constitution for the republic.
In 1899, the Malolos Constitution, the first Philippine Constitution—the first republican
constitution in Asia—was drafted and adopted by the First Philippine Republic, The assembly
elected the President of the Republic.

The 1935 Constitution provided the legal basis of the Commonwealth Government which was
considered a transition government before the granting of the Philippine independence with
American-inspired constitution;
The 1943 Constitution was the constitution of the Japanese-sponsored Second Republic of
the Philippines (1943-1945). It was recognized as legitimate and binding only in Japanese-
controlled areas of the Philippines but was ignored by the United States government and
the Philippine Commonwealth government in-exile.
A Japanese "republic" was established . A new constitution was ratified in 1934 by filipino collabolators
who were called the Kapisanan ng Paglilingkod ng bagong Pilipinas (KALIBAPI)

Just before the end of of Marcos 2nd and last term, he manipulated an ongoing constitutional convention
and drafted a new consitution-the 1973 constitution which allowed him to rule by decree until 1978 when
the presidential system of the 1935 constitution was replaced with a parliamentary one.