The Philippine Constitutions and their Characteristics PDF

**The Philippine Constitutions and their Characteristics** +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | **Category* | **1899** | **1935** | **1973** | **1987** | | * | | | | | | | (Malolos...

**The Philippine Constitutions and their Characteristics** +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | **Category* | **1899** | **1935** | **1973** | **1987** | | * | | | | | | | (Malolos | (Commonweal | (Marcos | (People | | | Constitutio | th | Constitutio | Power | | | n) | Constitutio | n) | Constitutio | | | | n) | | n) | +=============+=============+=============+=============+=============+ | **Mode of | Congression | Constitutio | Constitutio | Constitutio | | Creation** | al | nal | nal | nal | | | Committee | Convention | Convention | Commission | | | | (1935) | (1971) | (1986) | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | **Manner | Appointed | Elected by | Elected by | Appointed | | How | among | district | district | by | | Delegates | members of | | | President | | or Drafters | Revolutiona | | | Corazon | | of the | ry | | | Aquino | | Constitutio | Congress | | | | | n | | | | | | were | | | | | | chosen** | | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | **President | Felipe | Claro M. | Jose | Justice | | /Head | Calderon | Recto | Nolledo | Cecilia | | of | | | | Munoz-Palma | | Drafters/de | | | | | | legates** | | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | **Enabling | Decrees of | Tydings-McD | Resolution | Article V | | Law/s** | June 18 & | uffie | of Both | of | | | 23, 1898 | Law (1934) | Houses No. | Proclamatio | | | promulgated | | 2 (1967), | n | | | by Emilio | | as amended | No.3 (March | | | Aguinaldo | | by | 25, 9186) | | | | | Resolution | and | | | | | No.4 (1969) | Proclamatio | | | | | | n | | | | | | No. 9, | | | | | | known as | | | | | | the Law | | | | | | Governing | | | | | | the | | | | | | Constitutio | | | | | | nal | | | | | | Commission | | | | | | of 1986" | | | | | | promulgated | | | | | | by Pres. | | | | | | Corazon | | | | | | Aquino on | | | | | | April 23, | | | | | | 1986) | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | **Nature of | Convoked | Enacted by | Authorized | Authorized | | the Law** | the members | US Congress | the holding | the | | | of the | & approved | of | President | | | Philippine | by Pres. | constitutio | to appoint | | | Revolutiona | Franklin | nal | 50 | | | ry | Roosevelt | convention | national, | | | Congress & | authorizing | in 1971 | regional | | | authorized | Philippine | | and | | | the | legislature | | sectoral | | | appointment | to call for | | representat | | | of | Constitutio | | ives | | | constitutio | nal | | to draft | | | nal | Convention | | the | | | committee | | | constitutio | | | | | | n | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | **Effectivi | 1898 to | 1942 to | 1973 to | 1987 up to | | ty** | 1901 | 1945, 1946 | 1986 | the present | | | | to 1972 | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | **Source/s | Constitutio | U.S. | 1935 | Malolos | | of | ns | Constitutio | Constitutio | Constitutio | | Content/ins | of Mexico, | n, | n | n | | piration | Belgium, | with minor | with | & 1935 | | of the New | Guatemala, | influence | references | Constitutio | | Constitutio | Costa Rica, | from | from | n | | n** | Brazil and | Malolos | Malolos | | | | France | constitutio | Constitutio | | | | | n, | n | | | | | Instruction | | | | | | of | | | | | | Pres.Willia | | | | | | m | | | | | | McKinley | | | | | | (1900),Phil | | | | | |. | | | | | | Bill | | | | | | (1902), and | | | | | | Jones Law | | | | | | (1916) | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | **Date of | January 21, | May 14, | January 17, | February 2, | | People's | 1899 | 1935 | 1973 | 1987 | | Approval of | | | | | | the New | | | | | | Constitutio | | | | | | n | | | | | | (Ratificati | | | | | | on)** | | | | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | **Manner of | Inaugurated | Plebiscite: | Vote by | Plebiscite: | | ratificatio | by members | 1,213,046 | Citizens | 17,059,495 | | n** | of Congress | in favor; | assemblies: | | | | & | 44,963 | 14,976,561 | in favor; | | | promulgated | against | in favor; | 5,058,714 | | | by | | 743,869 | against | | | Aguinaldo | | against | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | **Type of | First | Commonwealt | (1) | Republican | | Government | Philippine | h | Dictatorial | government | | Established | Republic | of the | government, | replacing | | ** | | Philippines | with Marcos | the | | | | , | given | dictatorial | | | | which later | legislative | government | | | | became | powers, and | of Marcos | | | | Republic of | (2) a | and the | | | | the | modified | revolutiona | | | | Philippines | parliamenta | ry | | | | after | ry | government | | | | gaining | form of | of Pres. | | | | independenc | government | Corazon | | | | e | after | Aquino | | | | in July 4, | lifting of | after EDSA | | | | 1946. | Martial law | People | | | | | in 1981 | Power I. | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ Sources: *De Leon, Hector (1997). Pp. 22-26;* "The Philippine Revolution, the Malolos Congress"([*http://filipino.biz.ph/history/malolos.html*](http://filipino.biz.ph/history/malolos.html))*.*