hello everyone my name is Maria Luis Rivera's in this video I'm going to discuss the evolution of the

Philippine Constitution to fully understand how the Philippine Constitution evolved let's start with the
definition of a constitution what is a constitution a constitution is a set of rules that guides our country
state or other political organization works so this is like a rulebook for the government and all rules
stated in this rulebook must be followed by the government this document also creates two branches
the powers and responsibilities of the government and also contains the rights of the people and it is
illegal for the government to violate these rights if they do they will be punished by the la the
Constitution is also often known as the supreme law of the land this means that it is the highest law in
the country the government cannot pass a law which goes against the Constitution all laws must comply
with the principles set out in a constitution take note of this no one not even the president can go
against the Constitution here is a Fantadid you know that every februar to you is our Constitution day
for those of you who are not aware of this for every change in the Constitution the president will release
a proclamation to commemorate the day when the new Charter will take effect this day is called the
Constitution day the latest constitution of the Philippines was ratified on February 2 this is the reason
why we celebrate our Constitution day every second of February now that we already know the
meaning of a constitution let's move on to the importance of a constitution why is it important for us to
have a constitution first it's to maintain law and order imagine our country without a constitution it will
be in chaos we Filipinos will be the night of our rights an honor key as possible when you say anarchy it's
a state of society without authorities or a governing body so without someone who will lead us our
society will be in a total confusion second and impose rules and regulations the Constitution serves as a
guide to the government officials and managing the government it tells them the things that they should
do and the things that they shouldn't do third it protects the rights and freedoms of the citizen it were
posting on Facebook Twitter or Instagram right now you are exercising your freedom of expression
expressed in our constitution this is just one right there are other rights that we can enjoy because of
the Constitution so we really need to be thankful to our Constitution for it it limits the powers of the
government without the Constitution greedy officials will take advantage and the government will
function according to its will so it is a must for us to have a constitution now let's move on to the
evolution of the Philippine Constitution what you're seeing right now is a timeline of all the constitutions
in the history of the Philippines we have a total of six consultations starting from the first constitution
the 1899 Malolos Constitution down to the latest constitution the 1987 Philippine Constitution among
these six constitutions only three effectively governed the country these are the 1935 Constitution the
1973 Constitution and the 1987 Philippine Constitution later on you'll understand why only three
effectively governed the country for now let's travel back in time and get to know each Constitution in
your Philippine history 101 you've already discussed that the Philippines was under the Spanish rule for
333 years moist full phenols thought that it was a hopeless case until the Spanish Filipino agreement
came this agreement was called the pact of biak-na-bato the Spanish government agreed to grant self-
rule to the Philippines in three years if Aguinaldo would go to exile and surrender his arms Aguinaldo
agreed to this idea he went to hong kong however there is a tiny problem with this agreement the
Filipinos and the Spaniards did not trust each other so they had trust issues the Spaniards did not pay
the agreed amount likewise the Filipinos did not surrender their arms as a result the agreement was a
complete failure this force again ordered to go back to the Philippines and declared the philippine
independence from spain in June 12 1898 at Kuwait Devi the Filipinos were happy with idea with being
independent and till this United States made secret agreement called treaty a virus game u.s. wanted
Philippe's as a colony so Spain salted Philippines to the United States the Filipinos were not happy with
the idea of being colonized this forest Aguinaldo to issue a decree forming a malala'sCongress which was
a committee who was assigned to make the constitution for the first Philippine Republic three days after
the first Philippine Republic was established the Malolos Constitution is also called the 1899 Constitution
or the first constitution for the first Philippine Republic and the first republican constitution in Asia now
let's move on to the salient features of the 1899 Constitution first is a popular representative
government second a unicameral legislature ulnas a unicameral it means that there is only one
legislature called assembly the assembly had full control over the executive power the president was
elected by the assembly third there was already a separation of the church and state fourth there was
already a bill of rights and last it already had the compulsory and fee Basic Education now there is a
problem with this constitution it was not fully implemented because of the eruption of the Philippine US
war in which the Philippines lost the battle and the speed V for American Colonization in the Philippines
after the Spanish rule the Americans came to the Philippines the Filipinos were again colonized for the
second bath during the American period an American inspired Constitution was made this was the 1935
Constitution which provided the legal basis of the Commonwealth government for the transition
government before granting the Philippine Independence now here are distinct features of the 1935
Constitution first it had a bicameral legislature miss a bicameral there are two legislators composed of a
Senate and a House of Representative second the president was elected to a four-year term together
with the vice president without to be election third it introduced the rights of suffrage or the right to
vote by male citizens of the Philippines who were 21 years of age or over under able to read and write
luckily this right was extended to women as well the 1935 Constitution was not the first constitution but
it was the first one to be fully implemented however the implementation was interrupted because of
the Japanese occupation in the Philippines during the American occupation and the Philippines World
War two you broke out the Japanese invaded the Philippines for the third time we were colonized again
after the Americans surrendered the Japanese Republic was established and a new constitution was
ratified in 1934 by the Filipino collaborators who were called Campuzano non-polluting code name
Bhagwan Filipinas popularly known as the Cali Bobby this was out the 1943 Constitution or the
constitution of the Japanese sponsored Second Republic of the Philippines here are the salient features
of the 1943 Constitution first the 1943 Constitution provided for strong executive powers second the
legislature was a unicameral National Assembly and only anti-us can run for election now there was also
a problem with this constitution it was recognized as legitimate and binding only in theJapanese
controlled areas of the Philippines and was completely ignored by the United States government and
the Philippine government and exile this was just a short-lived constitution because the Americans came
back and feed us from the Japanese and the 1935 Constitution was restored after a few years the
Americans finally gave us our independence on July 4 1946 vice presidents ruled the Philippines using
the 1935 Constitution until President Marcos came into the picture Ferdinand Marcos was first elected
in 1965 and was reelected in 1969 during his time there was a plan to make a new constitution
delegates were elected to a Constitutional Convention which began to meet and in 71 in 1972 just
before the end of Marcos second term he declared martial law because of the growing communists but
according to Medicaid extent victims of martial law he did this to influence the ongoing Constitutional
Convention as a result the Constitutional Convention wrote the constitution in line with what President
Marcos wanted this was the 1973 Constitution now here are the salient features of the 1973
Constitution first it established for the first time in Philippine history a parliamentary government with a
prime minister and the president second legislative powers was vested in a unicameral National
Assembly elected by the people and third it legalized all the decrees of proclamation and orders of the
President there were various amendments in the 1973 Constitution but the most controversial was in
1976 amendment here are the amendments in the 1976 Constitution first the National Assembly was
replaced by the interim baton papasa second the president will also become a prime minister and
continue to exercise legislative powers until martial law was lifted now Marcos thought that everything
was in place until one of his enemies came back to the Philippines this was Benigno Dino I Aikido
unfortunately for Nino it was not a happy ending for him he was assassinated and this led to a
widespread outrage and forced Marcos to hold the snob election the results were controversial that it
forced the Filipino people to historic uprising known as the Etzel people power one where Marcos and
his family went to exile and Cory Aquino became the president immediately after Cory Aquino became
the president she abolished in 1973 constitution and replace it with the 1986 constitution the 1986
constitution is also known as their freedom Constitution now here are the salient features in the 1986
freedom Constitution first it was a verbatim copy of the 1973 Constitution – the provision on Tabatha's
and Pambansa because the Barack Obama saw was completely abolished second the country was in
chaos after Marcus left so Aquino vested in herself both executive and legislative powers the same
powers that President Marcos exercised under the 1973 Constitution third it was just a transitional
Constitution that lasted for a year and then you Commission was created to draft a new constitution
which was the 1987 Philippine Constitution sometimes known as an anti America's Constitution now the
1987 Philippine Constitution revolves around four themes first up holding national sovereignty second
democratic governments and the prevention of another dictatorship third respect for human rights and
civil liberties and fourth the promotion of social justice it's not a perfect document but it is the country's
highest law binding all the citizens of the Philippines the Constitution provided for three governmental
powers namely executive legislative and the judicial branch now these three work like a basketball game
in a basketball beginning there are players coaches and of course a referee the executive is like a coach
who leads the team the legislative branch since it is divided into two houses they act as players of the
game trying to score points against each other and judicial branch is much like the refer referee of the
game that helps settle disputes they are there to clarify the rules and make sure that each side is acting
fairly the basketball game would wouldn't be complete without the viewers this is the same with the
government it would not operate without the people the powers of these three branches are separated
from one another this is what we call separation of powers it also has asystem of check imbalances in
this system each branch has the power to check to sustain us to stop the actions by the other projects
this is to prevent any one of them from becoming too powerful daaad would be the end of my