1987 Constitution

• Preamble

  We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society, and establish a government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality and peace, do ordain and promulgate this constitution.
• Article I (National Territory)

  • comprises the Philippine Archipelago, with all islands and waters, and all territories where the Philippines have sovereignty or jurisdiction
• 1987 Philippine Constitution

  • drafted by a Constitutional Commission created under Article V of Proclamation No. 3
  • approved on October 12, 1986
  • final draft was signed in the morning of October 15, 1986 and was presented on the same day to the President.
  • ratified by the people in the plebiscite on February 2, 1987
• Preamble

  • recognition of the aid of Almighty God
• Article II

  • declaration of Principles and state policies
• Article II, Section 1

  • Sovereignty of the people
  • The Philippines is a democratic and republican state
• Article II, Section 2

  • Renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy
• Article II, Section 3

  • supremacy of the civilian authority over the military
• Article II, Section 4

  • prime duty of the Government is to serve and protect the people.
  • the government may call the people to defend the state.
• Article II, Section 5

  • maintenance of peace and order, promotion of general welfare, and blessings of democracy
• Article II, Section 6

  • Separation of church and state