PREAMBLE

1987 Philippine Constitution

What is your vision


and mission in life?

Preamble
We the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of
Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane
society, and establish a Government that shall
embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the
common good, conserve and develop our
patrimony, and secure to ourselves and posterity the
blessings of independence and democracy under the
rule of law and regime of truth, justice, freedom,
love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate
this Constitution.
Preamble
 Derived from Latin word “preambulare” which
means to “to walk before”

A prologue to the Constitution.
 Forms no
integral part in our constitution
 It cannot be invoked as a source of

private right enforceable by courts or of any

governmental power not expressly granted or at
least, clearly implied therefrom.
 Object and value of Preamble

Sets down origin and purpose of the

Constitution
• a. It tells us who are the authors of the Constitution and
for whom it has been promulgated
• b. States the general purposes and the government
established under it, and certain basic principles
May serve as an aid in its interpretation
• The general purposes may be resorted to as an aid in
determining the meaning of the vague or ambiguous
provisions of the Constitution proper
Source of Constitution’s authority
The A
Filipino sovereign
People people
The source of Filipino people as
authority sovereign

Uses “we” and

“our” to stress
Signify oneness
that the Filipino
and solidarity
are the sovereign
entity
National purposes and aims in adopting the 1987
Phil.Con.

 To build a just and humane society

 To establish a Government that shall:
 embody our ideals and aspirations,
 promote the common good,
 conserve and develop our patrimony, and
 secure to ourselves and posterity the blessings of
independence and democracy under the rule of law and
regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and
peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution
THANK YOU!!