Japanese Occupation in the Philippines

The Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines was very ______

Under a proclamation issued by the Japanese High Command, the sovereignty of the United States over the Philippines was declared ______

The Philippine Executive Commission was composed of Filipinos with Jorge B. Vargas as ______

The laws enacted by the Philippine Executive Commission were subject to the approval of the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese ______

The judiciary continued in the same form as it was under the ______

On October 14, 1943, the so-called Japanese-sponsored Republic of the Philippines was inaugurated with Jose P. Laurel as ______

The constitutional Commission held its final session in the morning of October 15, 1986 to sign the 109 draft consisting of a preamble, 18 articles, 321 sections and 2,000 words—after which, on the same day, it presented to the President the original copies in ______.

It was ratified by the people in the plebiscite held on February 2, ______.

It superseded the Provisional Constitution which had abrogated the ______ Charter.

There were some merits or advantages in delegating the drawing up of the new charter to an appointed Constitutional Commission rather than to an elected Constitutional ______.

For one, the Constitutional Commission was not expensive and time-consuming, as was our experience with the 1971 Constitutional ______.

The strongest and most fundamental argument propounded against this method is that an appointive body is susceptible to the charge of lack of independence and the suspicion of pressure and even manipulation by the ______ power.

In order to build a just and humane society, there must be observance with the principle of the rule of ______.

A just society is characterized by the observance of ______ in any undertaking.

If the teacher is an abuser, it is only right to file a case against that ______.

The government must not be oppressive or repressive towards ______.

National Patrimony must be conserved, which is why we have Article XII blessings of ______.

The government structure promotes common good, and conserves and develops our ______.

Decision of the Supreme Court en banc have to be concurred in by a majority of the members who actually took part in the deliberation on the issues in the case and voted thereon, to pronounce a treaty, international or executive agreement, or law ______ ( Art.VIII sec.4)

In the Court of Appeals, the vote of at least the ______ is necessary in many cases.

Even in the passage of local ordinances, the rule of the ______ is observed.

Democracy assumes that in a society of rational beings, the judgment and experience of the ______; and hence, that the verdict of the majority will more likely to be correct than that of the minority.

It is basic that laws must be obeyed by all and applied to everyone—rich or poor, lowly or powerful – without fear or favor.The observance of the supremacy of the rule of law by officials, individuals, and the people as a whole is what will sustain our democracy and assure the existence of a truly free, orderly, and equitable ______.

Every citizen has thus a stake in the rule of law as contrasted to the “rule of men.” Without it, there is only ______, or a mere semblance of order under dictatorship.

The 1987 Constitution Preamble is deemed unique because of the word ______ which can also be read as “human fraternity” or “brotherhood”

According to John Locke, the consent of the governed must be considered. In the Preamble of the 1987 Constitution prior to the 1935 Constitution, the phrase Almighty God was ______ instead of Divine Providence.

Bill of Rights are the list of the rights that we have and should be protected by the government, whereas bill like receipts are lists of the things that we have ______.

The 1987 Constitution Preamble meant the fraternal love—kind of love which the Edsa People Revolution 1986 is one of its historical evidences where love for country was shown when there was a Edsa People Revolution and people rallied to overthrow the Dictator Marcos. With these, it is a manifestation of Fraternal Love for the ______.

The consent of the governed must be considered. In the Preamble of the 1987 Constitution prior to the 1935 Constitution, the phrase Almighty God was use instead of ______ Providence.

The word love in the preamble meant the fraternal love—kind of love which the Edsa People Revolution 1986 is one of its historical evidences where love for country was shown when there was an Edsa People Revolution and people rallied to overthrow the Dictator Marcos. With these, it is a manifestation of Fraternal Love for the ______.