Principles, Comments and Cases in Constitution I

Rolando Suarez Distinction between Revision and Amendment Revision is the rewriting and overhauling of the entire constitution Amendment is a change or alteration for the better, change lines of the original constitution with the expectation of improvement

Steps required in the revision or amendment of the Constitution 1. Proposal motion of initializing suggestions or proposals on the amendment or revision, which may either be by: a. Congress, upon a vote of three-fourths of all its members; or b. A constitutional convention c. The people through initiative. 2. Ratification is the sovereign act vested in the Filipino people to either reject or approve the proposals to revise the constitution. How may the 1987 Constitution be AMENDED? 1. By congress, upon the vote of three-fourths of all its members 2. By a constitutional convention 3. By Peoples initiative How may the 1987 Constitution be REVISED? 1. By the congress, upon vote of three-fourths of all its members 2. By a constitutional convention a. If congress chooses to call a constitutional convention to revise the constitution, it may either: i. Call a constitutional convention by a vote of two-thirds of all its members; or ii. Submit to the electorate the question of calling such a body by a majority vote of all its m embers