Form of Ratifying/ Length of

Government Promulgating Body Effectivity Distinctive Features

Provided for the

Philippine establishment of
Biak-na-Bato Republican 2 years supreme council that
Revolutionary
Constitution Government would serce the
highest governing
body of the republic.
It created a Filipino
state whose
government was
Malolos popular
Republic Democratic Malolos Congress 2 years representative and
Constitution responsible with the
three distinct
branches.
Which featured a
political system
virtually identical to
1935 Presidential, 1934 Constitutional the American one,
Constitution Democratic Convention 1935-1973 became operative. The
system called for a
President to be
elected at large for a4-
year term.
The constitution of the
Japanese-sponsored
Second Republic of the
Second Single Party Philippines (1943-
Philippine Authoritarian Philippine Committee 1943-1945 1945). It was
Republic Republic for Independence recognized as
Constitution legitimate and binding
only in Japanese-
controlled areas of the
Philippines.
The Philippines
renounces war as an
instrument of national
policy, adopts the
generally accepted
1973 Republican, Unitary 1973 Constitutional principles of
Dominant party convention 1973-1986 international law as
Constitution part of the law of the
land, and adheres to
the policy of peace,
equality, justice,
freedom, cooperation,
and amity.
This constitution was
intended as a
 transitional
constitution to ensure
democracy and the
Freedom President Corazon freedom of the
Constitution Revolutionary Aquino drafted Reynato 1986-1987 people. The Freedom
Puno Constitution provided
for an orderly transfer
of power while a
Constitutional
Commission was
drafting a permanent
constitution.
The 1987 Constitution
established a
representative
democracy with
1987 Constitutional 1986 Constitutional 1987-present power divided among
Constitution republic three separate and
Convention independent branches
of government: the
Executive, a bicameral
Legislature, and the
Judiciary.