Principles, institutions and law of political governance in the Philippines
Constitution of the Philippines Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas
Overview
Jurisdiction
Philippines
Created
October 12, 1986
Presented
October 15, 1986
Ratified
February 2, 1987
Date effective
February 2, 1987[1]
System
Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Government structure
Branches
3 (executive, legislative, judiciary)
Chambers
Bicameral (Congress)
• Senate
• House of Representatives
Executive
President
Judiciary
Supreme Court and in such lower courts as may be established by law.
Federalism
No
Electoral college
No
History
First legislature
July 27, 1987
First executive
June 30, 1992
Amendments
None (See Proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution)
Location
Legislative Archives, Library and Museum, Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City
Commissioned by
Revolutionary Government of Corazon Aquino
Author(s)
Constitutional Commission of 1986
Signatories
47 of the 48 commissioners
Supersedes
Presidential Proclamation No. 3
The Constitution of the Philippines (Filipino: Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas or Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas) is the constitution or the supreme law of the Republic of the Philippines. Its final draft was completed by the Constitutional Commission on October 12, 1986, and ratified by a nationwide plebiscite on February 2, 1987.
Three other constitutions have effectively governed the country in its history: the 1935 Commonwealth Constitution, the 1973 Constitution, and the 1986 Freedom Constitution.
The earliest constitution establishing a "Philippine Republic", the 1899 Malolos Constitution, was never fully implemented throughout the Philippines and did not establish a state that was internationally recognized, due in great part to the eruption of the Philippine–American War.
^De Leon v. Esguerra, G.R. no. 78059
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