enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Constitution of the Philippines - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/.../Constitution_of_the_Philippines

    The Constitution of the Philippines (Filipino: Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas or Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas) is the supreme law 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. The Constitution remains unamended to this day.

  3. Constituent assembly (Philippines) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constituent_Assembly...

    Constituent assembly is a term describing one of the three methods by which amendments to the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines may be proposed.The other two modes are via people's initiative and constitutional convention.

  4. Constitutional reform in the Philippines - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_reform_in...

    The Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that the People's Initiative method of amending the constitution is "fatally defective", or inoperable. Another ruling in 2006 on another attempt at a People's Initiative was ruled unconstitutional by the court [15] This only leaves the Constituent Assembly and the Constitutional Convention as the valid ways to amend the constitution.

  5. Government of the Philippines - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_the_Philippines

    The government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform ...

  6. 2024 constitutional reform attempts in the Philippines

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_constitutional_reform...

    Retired Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr., a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission that crafted the 1987 Constitution, opposed proposed amendments and revisions to the charter, describing such proposals as a "lethal experiment, a fatal hit, [and] a plunge to death"; [29] he also warned against amending the "restrictive economic provisions ...

  7. Tydings–McDuffie Act - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tydings–McDuffie_Act

    Under the act, the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines was written and the Commonwealth of the Philippines was established, with the first directly elected President of the Philippines. (Direct elections to the Philippine Legislature had been held since 1907.) It also established limitations on Filipino immigration to the United States.

  8. Constitutional convention (Philippines) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Convention...

    Preparatory Committee for Philippine Independence: 1943 Constitution of the Philippines: Approved by assembly 1970: Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1971: 1973 Constitution of the Philippines: 1973; 90.67% in favor None Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986: 1987 Constitution of the Philippines: 1987; 77.04% in favor

  9. Politics of the Philippines - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_Philippines

    The 1935 Constitution of the Philippines, which served as the basis for the current constitution. The Philippine legal system is a hybrid form based on the Spanish civil law and American common law system, [32]: 304–305 with a system of Sharia law in place for some areas of law involving Muslims. [33] [26]: 10874