1987 CONSTITUTION

AFTER MATIAL LAW

President Corazon Aquino’s
government had three (3)
options regarding the
constitution:
1. Revert to the 1935
constitution
2.Retain the 1973 constitution
3.Be granted the power to make
reforms, or start a new and
break from the “vestiges of a
disgraced dictatorship.”
The Aquino’s government
decided to make a new
constitution that should be
“truly reflective of the
aspiration and ideals of the
Filipino people.”
In 1986, a constitutional
convention
was created, composed of 48
members appointed by
President Aquino from varied
backgrounds and and
presentation.
The convention drew up a
permanent constitution, largely
restoring the setup abolished by
Marcos in 1972, but with new
ways to keep the president in
check, a new reaction to the
experience of Marco’s rule.
The new constitution was
officially adopted on february
2, 1987
The constitution begins
with a preamble and
eighteen (18) self-
contained articles.
It established the Philippines
as a “Democratic Republican
State” where “sovereignity
resides in the people of all
government authority
emantes from them.
IT ALLOCATES
GOVERNMENTAL POWERS
AMONG EXECUTIVE,
LEGISLATIVE, AND
JUDICIARY.
ARTICLE III
BILL OF RIGHTS
ARTICLE V
Suffrage
On December 07, 2016
President duterte signed an
executive order creating a
consultive committee to review
the 1987 constitution.