Title VI on The Constitutional Commissions
Chapter I – General Provisions
Article 177. The territorial and political subdivisions of the Republic of the Philippines are the provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays. There shall be autonomous territories in the country as provided in Chapter II of this...
Chapter II – Autonomous Territories
Article 188. In the exercise of the right to self-government recognized in Article 1 of this Constitution, an autonomous territory may be created in any part of the country upon a petition addressed to...
Title VIII on The Accountability of Public Officers
Article 193. Public office is a public trust. Public officers and employees must at all times be accountable to the people, serve them with utmost efficiency, integrity, and loyalty, act with patriotism, and lead...
Title IX on Economic and Social Policies
Article 209. The State shall adopt sound economic policies whose goals shall be full employment, a more balanced distribution of opportunities, income, and wealth, a sustained increase in the amount of goods and services...
Title X on Constitutional Reform
Article 235. Any amendment to, or revision of, this Constitution may be proposed by: The National Assembly, upon a vote of three-fourths of all its Members; or A Constitutional Congress. Article 236. Amendments to this...
Transitory Provisions
Article 239. All existing laws, proclamations, orders, decrees, instructions and acts promulgated, issued or done not otherwise contrary to this Constitution shall remain valid, legal, binding, and effective until amended, modified or repealed by the...
Crowdsourced Malolos-Style Proposed Constitution
The draft presented here is a Malolos‐style Draft. I’m attempting to create a Constitution for the Philippines as it might look like had we not lost our parliamentary heritage from the 1899 Malolos Constitution...
NEW (Westminster-style) PH Constitution
This is largely new from the previous Articles presented in this website. Feel free to comment. For those who wish to edit some parts, please highlight your amendments (by means of having them italicized or...
Accountability of Public Officers
Section 1. (1) Public office is a public trust. Public officers and employees must at all times be accountable to the people, serve them with utmost efficiency, integrity, and loyalty, act with patriotism,...
Local Governments and Autonomous Territories
A. GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 1. The territorial and political subdivisions of the Republic of the Philippines are the provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays. There shall be autonomous territories in the country as...
Constitutional Commissions
A. COMMON PROVISIONS Section 1. The Constitutional Commissions, which shall be independent, are the Civil Service Commission, the Commission on Elections, and the Commission on Audit. Section 2. No member of...
The Judiciary
Section 1. The judicial power shall be vested in one Supreme Court and in such lower courts as may be established by law. Judicial power includes the duty of the courts of...
The President
Section 1. The President shall be the Head of the State and the Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Section 2. The President shall be elected from among the Members...
Article 6: Parliament
Section 1. The legislative and executive powers shall be vested in a unicameral Parliament except to the extent as otherwise provided in this Constitution. Section 2. (1) Parliament shall be composed of as many...
Articles 4 and 5 (Bill of Duties & Suffrage)
Article 4 : Bill of Duties Section 1. It shall be the duty of every citizen to be loyal to the Republic of the Philippines, honor the Philippine Flag, defend the State, contribute to...
General Provisions
(Please see discussion.) Section 1. No law shall be established that limits who can own property. Section 2. No law shall be established designating a national language. However, given that this Constitution is originally...
Article 3: Citizenship
Section 1. The following are citizens of the Philippines: (1) Those who are citizens of the Philippines at the time this Constitution is adopted; (2) Those whose fathers or mothers are citizens of the...
Article 1: Bill of Rights
Section 1. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws. Section 2. The right of...
Article 7: The Prime Minister and the Cabinet
Section 1. The executive power shall be exercised by the Prime Minister with the assistance of the Cabinet. Section 2. The Prime Minister shall be elected by a majority of all the Members of...
Article 2: Declaration of State Principles
Section 1. The sovereign geopolitical entity called the Philippines is a federal republic. Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority being exercised comes from them. The official name of this entity in...
Proposed Last Article
(Article XVII of the 1987 Constitution does not specify how much of it can be amended at one time. All of our efforts here hinges on this, because the three-point agenda of the CoRRECT Movement...
Proposed Philippine Constitution
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