PREAMBLE

1987 Philippine Constitution

What is your

vision and
mission in life?
Preamble
We the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of
Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane
society, and establish a Government that shall
embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the
common good, conserve and develop our
patrimony, and secure to ourselves and posterity the
blessings of independence and democracy under
the rule of law and regime of truth, justice,
freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain and
promulgate this Constitution.
Preamble
Derived from Latin word preambulare which
means to to walk before
A prologue to the Constitution.
Forms no
integral part in our constitution
It cannot be invoked as a source of
private right enforceable by courts or of any
governmental power not expressly granted or at
least, clearly implied therefrom.
 Object and value of Preamble

Sets down origin and purpose of the Constitution

a. It tells us who are the authors of the Constitution and
for whom it has been promulgated
b. States the general purposes and the government
established under it, and certain basic principles
May serve as an aid in its interpretation
The general purposes may be resorted to as an aid in
determining the meaning of the vague or ambiguous
provisions of the Constitution proper
Source of Constitutions authority

The Filipino A sovereign

People people

The source of Filipino people as

authority sovereign

Uses we and
Signify oneness our to stress that
and solidarity the Filipino are the
sovereign entity
National purposes and aims in
adopting the 1987 Phil.Con.
To build a just and humane society
To establish a Government that shall:
embody our ideals and aspirations,
promote the common good,

conserve and develop our patrimony, and

secure to ourselves and posterity the blessings of

independence and democracy under the rule of law
and regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality,
and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution
THANK YOU!!