THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

WHAT IS CONSTITUTION?

The Constitution is the basic law of the

land. It is sacred and must have to be
deffended by the people. The Nation,
compared to a three-storey building, has
the constitution as its foundation, and as
such it has to be strong and should stand
the test of time.
The Philippines from the onset of the American
period to the present had four Constitution
framed by its people. These are the Malolos
Constitution during the Revolutionary
Government of Emilio Aguinaldo, the 1935
Constitution during the commonwealth
Period until its replacement by the 1973
Constitution under the Marcos presidency,
and existing 1987 constitution, framed during
the presidency of Corazon Aquino
 Constitution refers to "that body of rules and principles in accordance
with which the powers of sovereignty are regularly exercised.” Thus, it covers
both written and unwritten constitutions. Referring particularly to the Philippine
Constitution, it is defined as "the written instrument by which the fundamental
powers of the government are established, limited, and defined, and by which
these powers are distributed among the several departments or branches for
their safe and useful exercise for the benefit of the people.

The Constitution serves as the supreme or fundamental law and

establishes basic framework and underlying principles of government. It speaks
for the entire population from whom it derives it claim to obedience; is binding
on all individual citizens and all organs of the government; rights of individuals
against the law to which all other laws must conform and in accordance with
which all private rights must be determined and all public authority
administered; and the test of the legality of all governmental actions, whether
the proceeding from the highest official or lowest functionary.
 Since a constitution serves as the framework of the social,economic and
political life of the nation, thus in a general way, the Constitution governs all areas of
human endeavor. Its purpose is to prescribe the permanent framework of the system
of government and to assign to the different departments or branches, their respective
powers and duties and to establish certain basic principles on which the government is
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founded. It is primarily designed to preserve and protect the rights of individuals
against the arbitrarily action of those in authority and it's function is not to legislate in
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detail but to set limit on the unlimited power of the legislature. A Constitution becomes
in effective if the people allow those in authority to violate it with impunity.
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meet existing conditions only; it is the supreme and fundamental law of the state to
which statutes and all other laws must conform .
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