CHANGING THE

CONSTITUTION
Critics and even defenders of the 1987
Constitution know it is not a perfect
document. There are several provisions
that need to be clarified or to be
amended.
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CONSTITUTION
Constitutional reform in the Philippines, also known as
Charter Change (coloquially Cha-Cha) refers to the
political and legal processes needed to amend the current
1987 Constitution of the Philippines. Under the common
interpretation of the Constitution, amendments can be
proposed by one of three methods:
1. People’s Initiative
2. Constituent Assembly (CON ASS)
3. Constitutional Convention (CON CON)
 PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS OR REVISION
TO THE
1987 CONSTITUTION
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 In 1997, the People’s Initiative for Reform,
Modernization and Action (PIRMA), sought a
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF
GOVERNMENT and the amendment of
Article 7, Section 4, of the 1987 Constitution,
which states the president is not eligible for re-
election.
 Charter Change by way of people’s initiative can
only propose amendments, not revisions to the
Constitution. 
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CONCORD (Constitutional Correction for
Development)- would amend only the
restrictive economic provisions of the
constitution that are considered to impede
the entry of more foreign investments in the
Philippines.
his objective is to remove so-called nationalist
provisions of the constitution, which stipulate that Unitary Presidential
companies, industries, land, and investment  Constitutional
operations should be majority-owned by Filipinos. Republic with 
Free trade economy
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 The administration attempted Charter
Change by all three means available.
1. A people’s initiative, this time called Sigaw ng Bayan (The
people’s cry), conducted a signature campaign to push for
changes in the Constitution. 
2. Con-Ass led by then-Speaker Jose de Venecia and later on,
Federal Parliamentary  Prospero Nograles. Former Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr
Constitutional Republic also drafted a resolution, which proposed that Congress
convene into a Con-Ass. 
3. In 2009, lawmakers also called for a Constitutional
Convention (Con-Con).
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  to transform the present unitary and

presidential republic with a 
bicameral legislature into a federal
Federal Parliamentary  parliamentary government with a 
Constitutional Republic
unicameral legislature
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Belmonte has joint resolution on
economic provisions.

They filed a bill pushing for a federal and

Federal and Parliamentar
parliamentary government, in addition to government

economic liberation;
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The resolution would add Admnistirwords
five aotin to seven economic provisions in
the Constitution: "unless otherwise
 Unitary presidential constitutional Republic with Free provided by law.
trade economy

A. Section 2, Art. XII on exploration, development, and utilization of natural

resources;
B Section 3, Art. XII on alienable lands on the public domain;
C. Section 7, Art. XII on conveyance of private lands;
D. Section 10, Art. XII on reserved investments;
E. Section 11, Art. XII on grant of franchises, certificates, or any other forms of
authorization for the operation of public entity;
F. Section 4 (2), Art. XIV on ownership of educational institutions; and
G Section 11 (1 and 2), Art. XVI on ownership and management of mass media
and on the policy for engagement in the advertising industry
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After winning, Duterte proposed to revive the
proposed form of Nene Pimentel.
December 7, 2016- Duterte signed Executive
Order No. 10 creating a consultative committee
(ConCom) to review the 1987 Constitution.
July 3, 2018, the ConCom unanimously
approved the draft constitution through voting.
Federal Parliamentary 
Constitutional Republic
Referred to as the “Bayanihan Constitution”
(referring to the Filipino value of communal
work)
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Some of the proposed changes to the 1987 Constitution
 limited protection for free speech and the possible abolition of the 
Office of the Vice President, Office of the Ombudsman,
and the Judicial and Bar Council.
 shifting the country to a federal system of government
 extend the terms of House members and local officials.
empowering regional development councils, banning
turncoatism, limiting political dynasties, and opening-up
the national economy to foreign investments.
Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Republic