HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTION

• The Six Philippine Constitution

  1. Biak-na-Bato Constitution
  2. Malolos Constitution
  3. 1935 Constitution
  4. 1943 Constitution
  5. 1973 Constitution
  6. 1987 Constitution
• What constitution provided for the establishment of a Supreme council that would serve as highest governing body of the Republic.

  Biak-na-Bato Constitution
• It also outlined certain basic human rights, such as...

  • Freedom of religion
  • Freedom of the press
  • The right to education
• Who were the elected Supreme Council president and vice president during Biak-na-Bato Constitution?

  Emilio Aguinaldo and Mariano Trias
• The Pact of Biak-na-Bato, as it would later be called, was signed on December 15, 1897


  December 15, 1897
• When was the Malolos Constitution started?

  1899
• What is the First Philippine Constitution, and the first republican constitution in Asia?

  Malolos Constitution
• The supremacy of First Philippine Republic lasted from _ to _

  1899 to 1901
• What is the original title of the first document of the Malolos Constitution?

  The Political Constitution of 1899
• [Malolos Constitution]

  A committee headed by (1)____ and aided by (2)__

  1. Felipe Calderon y Roca
  2. Cayetano Arellano
• The Malolos constitution has 39 articles divided into 4 titles, with 8 articles transitory provision, and a final additional Article
• What are the three branches of government?

  1. The Executive
  2. The legislative
  3. The Judicial
• When was the transferring sovereignty of the Philippines happen?

  December 10 1898
• What constitution is also known as the Commonwealth Constitution?

  1935 Constitution
• When was the 1935 Philippine Constitution ratified by the Filipino people through a national plebiscite?

  May 14 1935
• The Commonwealth Constitution came into full force and effect on November 15, 1935
• 1935 Constitution remain as the constitution of the Republic of the Philippines once independence be granted on July 4, 1946
• When was the draft of Commonwealth Constitution was approved by the constitutional convention?

  February 8, 1935
• The Commonwealth Constitution was ratified by U.S President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 25, 1935
• Who was elected as the President of Commonwealth?

  Manuel L. Quezon
• • 1935 constitution was written on 1934
  • Commonwealth (1935 - 1946)
  • Third Republic (1946 - 1972)
• First organic law of the Philippine islands that provided for the creation and of a popularly elected Philippine assembly

  PHILIPPINE ORGANIC ACT 1902
• Modified structure of the Philippine government through the removal of the Philippine commission appacing it with a senate that serve as upper house and its members elected by Filipino voters

  PHILIPPINE AUTONOMY ACT LAW 1916
• This was the first US law passed setting a process and a date for the Philippines to gain the independence from the United States. The first result of the OSROX mission led by the Sergio Osmeña and Manuel Roxas

  HARE-HAWES CUTTING ACT 1933
• It was passed by the United States congress that provided by the authority and define mechanism for the establishment of a formal constitution by a constitutional convention.

  TYDINGS MCDUFFIE ACT
• It explicitly declared the purpose of the united states to end their sovereignty over the Philippines and recognized Philippine independence as soon as a stable government can be established

  JONES LAW
• This constitution is based on _ _ and was drafted by Felix Ferrer and Isabelo Artacho

  Cuban Constitution
• What constitution was sponsored by the Japanese?

  1943 Constitution
• When was the Japanese sponsored the 1943 Constitution?

  September 14, 1943
• How many members of KALIBAPI ratified the 1943 Constitution?

  117
• KALIBAPI stands for?

  Kapisanan Sa Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas
• Who was appointed as the president during the Japanese occupation hence of proclamation of the Second Republic (1943-1945)?

  Jose P. Laurel
• When was the exact date Jose P. Laurel appointed as the Philippine President?

  October 14, 1943
• Premier Hideki Tojo promised the independence of the Philippines on June 16, 1943
• The KALIBAPI would would then form the Prepatory Committee on Philippine Independence (PCPI) imposed of 20 delegates
• When was the 1943 constitution approved by the Preparatory committee on Philippine Independence?

  September 4, 1943
• A comprehensive Philippine Jurisprudence case that covers various aspects of the country's constitution.

  1973 Constitution
• The revised constitution have been finished and submitted it to the late President Marcos on _ _ _

  December 1, 1972
• President Marcos submitted the revised constitution for ratification in early January of 1973
• Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 86, s. 1972, creating citizens assemblies to ratify the newly drafted constitution by means of a VIVA VOCE VOTE in place of secret ballots