Constitutions

• Constitutions is the fundamental law of the land in the PH
• The Biak-na-Bato Constitution provided for the establishment of a Supreme council that would serve as the highest governing body of the republic
• The Biak-na-Bato Constitution promulgated by the PH Revolutionary government on November 1,1897
• PH declared the Independence on June 12,1898
• On Feb. 15, 1898 the PH was involved in war between Spain and US
• The PH was territory of US upon signing Treaty of Paris
• Transferring Sovereignty to PH on December 10, 1898, with a sum of 20M dollars due to the Treaty of Paris
• Malolos Constitution is the 1st republican constitution in asia
• Elections were held on September 1935, and Manuel Quezon was elected as the President of Commonwealth
• PH Organic Act of 1916 or the Jones Law
• PH Organic Act of 1902 provided creation of popularly elected PH assembly
• Hare-Hawes-Cutting act was passed in 1932 led by Sergio Osmena and Manuel Roxas with a promise that will grant the Filipino's Independence
• Tydings-McDuffie Act also known as the PH Independence Act
• Tydings-McDuffie Act was passed on 1934 that provide authority and defined mechanisms for the establishment of a formal constitution by a constitutional convention
• The Constitution of 2nd republic was dissolved after the Japan surrender
• EDSA People Power Revolution removed Pres. Ferdinand Marcos as the President
• President Corazon Aquino issued Proclamation No. 3 as provisional constitution
• 1973: Constitutional Authoritarianism
• In the 1987 constitution the representative democracy was divided into 3 separate and independent branches of government
• 3 separate and independent branches of government: Executive, Legislative and Judicial
• Executive branch was headed by the President
• Legislative branch was headed by the Congress
• The judicial branch having the Supreme Court as the highest tier of judiciary