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Declaration of Principles and State Policies 1
Declaration of Principles and State Policies 1
Declaration of Principles and State Policies 1
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
AND STATE POLICIES
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
1. The people choose their representative and public officials for a period fixed by law;
2. Said officials are entrusted with the duty to serve the people who choose them
3. The purpose of a republican government is to promote the common welfare of the people according
to the will of the people.
4. This will is determined by the rule of the majority
5. Under the republican system, no person is above the law, which means that it applies to everyone
regardless of status in life, creed, political and religious persuasion and color of his skin. This
affirms the principle that our government is a government of laws and not of men.
6. The principle of separation of powers and the system of checks and balances is observed.
7. The legislature cannot pass irrepealable laws
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
Choosing
1 representatives
and public
officials
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
Officials are
2 entrusted with the
duty to serve the
people
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
Purpose of a republican
3 government is to promote the
common welfare of the
people according to the will
of the people
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
4 The will is
determined by the
rule of the majority
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
5 No person is
above the law
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES