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In 1940, a plebiscite asked three questions to the people. These were amendments to the constitution that restored the bicameral Congress, allowed the re-election of the president, and created the Commission on Elections. The people approved all three, but not as overwhelmingly as the 1935 and 1939 plebiscites. [5]
1981 plebiscite, 1981 election and referendum, 1984 plebiscite, 1984 election: Victorino Savellano May 20, 1985 March 24, 1986 1986 election: Ramon Felipe Jr. July 11, 1986 February 3, 1988 Corazon Aquino: 1987 plebiscite, 1987 election: Hilario Davide Jr. February 15, 1988 January 12, 1990 [b] 1988 local elections: Christian Monsod: June 6, 1991
The plebiscite is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 3, which was issued on March 25, 1986, [1] by President Corazon Aquino. It abolished the Office of the Prime Minister and the Regular Batasang Pambansa (English: National Assembly). Multi-party elections were held accordingly in 1987.
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) declared on February 14, 1990 that the plebiscite failed in Baguio and in all provinces except Ifugao. [1] With the rejection being apparent, it was suggested to bring the question if establishing the Cordillera Autonomous Region with Ifugao as its sole component province to the COMELEC.
League of Cities of the Philippines v. COMELEC is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the Philippines about the validity of the cityhood laws of 16 municipalities in the Philippines. The case clarifies the requirements for the conversion of a municipality into a component city. The court in its final decision ruled that the cityhood ...
Below are the constitutional amendments as a result of the plebiscite: [1] Creating the Office of the Vice President of the Philippines (OVP) Abolishing the Executive Committee; Elections for the regular members of the Batasang Pambansa by provinces, highly urbanized cities, and districts of Metro Manila; Land grant and urban housing program
Plebiscites were held on June 18, 1940 in the Philippines to ratify the following amendments to the Constitution: the extension of the tenure of the President and the Vice-President to four years with reelection for another term; the establishment of a bicameral Congress of the Philippines, with the Senate as the upper house and the House of Representatives as the lower house; and the creation ...
The plebiscite was set to amend the following revisions made by the Interim Batasang Pambansa, pursuant to Batasang Pambansa Blg. 122: [2] Call for the establishment of a modified parliamentary system, amending for this purpose Articles VII, VIII and IX of the Philippine Constitution; Institute electoral reforms