ESSENTIAL PARTS OF A

CONSTITUTION

Provisions on government

The part that deal with the framework of government and its powers that defines the electorate.

The part that sets forth

the fundamental rights of the people and that

imposes on certain limitations on the powers of this rights.

Provision on Liberty

Provisions on Sovereignty

That part pointing out the mode or procedure for amending or revising the constitutions

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CONSTITUTION AND STATUTE

Constitution and Statute

Constitution Statute

All other laws must conform

Primarily meet the existing condition

Provides details of the constitution

Legislation from representatives

Supreme or fundamental

Governs the future

General framework of law and government

Legislation from people

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Constitution of the Philippines

Officially known as the “1987 Constitution of the Philippines”

Features:• Reinstitution of a democratic government• Seperation of church and state• Sovereignity of the people• Renunciation of war as a national policy• Supremacy of civilian authority over the military• Sepertation of powers

Parts of the Philippine constitution

Preamble• Describes the purpose of the document

and governmentArticles

• Establish how the government is structured and how the Constitution can be changed. There are seven articles.

Amendments• Changes to the Constitution; the first ten

are called the Bill of Rights.

PreambleAn introductory and expressionary statement in a document that explains the document's purpose and underlying philosophy. When

applied to the opening paragraphs of a statute, it may recite historical facts pertinent

to the subject of the statute. It is distinct from the long title or enacting formula of a

law.

Preamble of the Philippine Constitution

“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 our posterity, the blessings of

independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.”