NSTP AND THE PHILIPPINE

CONSTITUTION

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 NSTP AND THE PHILIPPINE
CONSTITUTION

This states that, “the prime duty of the In order to perform such role, the government
government is to serve and protect the may call the attention of the people by requiring
people.” The government will call upon the them to render personal military or civic
people to defend that State and the fulfillment welfare services.
thereof, all citizen may be required,
under conditions provided by law, to
render personal military or civil service.
 CHAPTER BACKGROUND

• This will discuss relevant provisions in the constitution that

will clarify the framework of NSTP as a venue for
inculcating the ideas of true and meaningful public service.
 Refers to the body of rules and principles in accordance
with which the powers of sovereignty are regular
exercised.

It is also a written instrument by which the fundamental

CONSTITUTION powers of the government are established, limited, and
defined by which these powers are distributed among the
several departments or branches for their safe use and
useful exercise for the benefit of the people. It is the rules
and principles which provide direction as to the manner of
expressing one’s authority right as a citizen.
 1. The Constitution serves as the supreme
or fundamental law since it speaks in
behalf of the entire people, represents the
will of the people to which it derives its
claim to obedience.

PURPOSE / FUNCTION OF
THE CONSTITUTION 2. The Constitution establishes the basic
framework and underlying principles of
government. It prescribes the permanent
framework of the system of the
government and assigns to the different
departments or branches, their respective
powers and duties, and establishes certain
basic principles on which the government
is founded. The constitution serves as the
pillars in governance.
 - It is the declaration and enumeration of a
person’s right and privileges which the
BILL OF RIGHTS constitution is designed to protect against
violation by the government or by an
individual or groups of individual. It is the
charter of liberties for the individual and a
limitation upon the power of the state.
 CLASSIFICATION OF RIGHTS

1. 1. Natural Rights - possessed by every citizen without being granted by the

state for they are given to man by God as a human being created to His image
so that he may live a happy life.
2. 2. Constitutional Rights – these are rights which are conferred and
protected by the Constitution. Since they are part of the fundamental law, they
cannot be modified or take away by the law-making body.
A. Political Rights – rights of every citizen to participate, whether
directly or indirectly in the establishment or administration of the government.
B. Civil Rights – rights which the law will enforce at the instance of
private individuals for the purpose of securing them the enjoyment of their means of
happiness.
 CLASSIFICATION OF RIGHTS

C. Socio-Economic & Cultural Rights – rights which are

intended to ensure the well-being and economic security of the
individual.
D. Rights of the Accused – rights intended for the protection of a
person accused of any crime.
3. Statutory Rights – rights provided by law, promulgated, and granted
by legislative body and consequently may be abolished by the same body.
 EXAMPLE

NATURAL RIGHTS POLITICAL RIGHTS

• Right of every individual to love as • Right to choose one’s citizenship

well as to hate.
• Right to information on matters
• Right of the child to be born related to public concerns.
regardless of what unfortunate
circumstances his or her parents
have.
 EXAMPLE

SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND
CIVIL RIGHTS
CULTURAL RIGHTS
• Right to privacy of every person
• Right to property
• Right against involuntary servitude
• Right to just compensation for private
• Freedom of speech, expression or the press property taken for public use
• Right of assembly and petition • Promotion of social justice, conservation,
• Right to form associations and utilization of natural resources.
• Imprisonment for non-payment of debt or
poll tax
• Liberty of abode and changing the same
 EXAMPLE

STATUTORY RIGHT

• Right to receive minimum wage

• Right to inherit property
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