RPH MODULE 6 Flashcards by P A N E

LATIN WORD FOR CONSTITUTION

CONSTITUO

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MEANING OF CONSTITUO

FIXED, ESTABLISHED

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Body of fundamental laws, rules, customs, norms, standards, and principles according to which the government operates and its relations with the citizens are defined.

CONSTITUTION

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The fundamental and supreme law of the land.

CONSTITUTION

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FUNCTIONS OF CONSTITUTION

Prescribe the framework of the system of the government.
Assigns to the several departments of government their responsibilities and duties.
Establishes fixed principles on which government is founded.

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KINDS OF CONSTITUTION AS TO THEIR ORIGIN AND HISTORY

Conventional or Enacted
Cumulative or Evolved

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one enacted by a constituent assembly or granted by a monarch to his subject.

Conventional or Enacted

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one which is a product of growth or a long period of development originating in customs, traditions, judicial decisions.

Cumulative or Evolved

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FUNCTIONS OF CONSTITUTION AS TO THEIR FORM

WRITTEN OR UNWRITTEN

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one has been given definite written form at a particular time

WRIITEN

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one which is a product of political evolution, consisting largely of a mass of customs, usages and judicial decisions together with a smaller body of statutory enactments of fundamental character.

UNWRITEN

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KINDS OF CONSTITUTION As to the manner amending them:

RIGID/ INELASTIC
FLEXIBLE/ ELASTIC

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one which possesses no higher-level authority than ordinary laws and which may be altered in the same way as other law.

FLEXIBLE/ELASTIC

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one regarded as a document of special sanctity which cannot be amended or altered except by some special machinery more cumbrous than the ordinary legislative process

RIGID

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NOTE!!! ADVANTAGES OF WRITTEN CONSTI

*It is frequently the only possible starting point for the foundation and growth of civil institutions and often forms the first available means to give civil dignity and political consciousness to the people, as well as the beginning of a distinct delineation of power.
*In times of political indifference, it forms the bridge to pass over to better times.
*It gives a strong feeling of right and a powerful motivation to action to have the written law clearly on
one’s side.
*It serves as a beacon to apprise the people when their rights and liberties are invaded and endangered.
*It protects the people from frequent and violent fluctuations of public opinion.

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1st Constitution of the Land

1897/ BIAK NA BATO CONSITUTION

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1897/ BIAK NA BATO CONSITUTION was written by

ISABELO ATACHO AND FELIX FERRER

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A CONSTITUTION THAT DID NOT LAST LONG.

BIAK NA BATO

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WHERE DOES BIAK NA BATO CONSTITUTION BASED FROM?

CUBAN CONSTITUTION

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WHEN IS BIAK NA BATO SIGNED

NOVEMBER 1, 1897

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1899 MALOLOS CONSTITUTION WAS WRITTEN BY

FELIPE CALDERON

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THE BIAK NA BATO PROVIDED SUPREME COUNCIL TO___ AND ___

EMILIO AS PRESIDENT: MARIANO TRIAS AS VICE

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A peace agreement was signed by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo and Gov. General Primo de Rivera to end the war between Filipinos and Spaniards.

1897 CONSTITUTION or BIAK NA BATO CONSTITUTION

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Malolos Constitution had its inaugural session at and when

Barasoain Church, September 15, 1899

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who was elected as prime minister in malolos consitution

APOLINARION MABINI

Malolos constitution was finally approved by Aguinaldo.

JANUARY 21, 1899

The 1st republican constitution in Asia.

MALOLOS CONSTITUTION

The first Philippine Republic was inaugurated where____took his oath of office as the First President of the Republic

Emilio Aguinaldo

It provided for the drafting and guidelines of a constitution for a 10-year transitional period of government before the granting of independence.

Tydings-McDuffie Law/ Philippine Independence Act-

head or chairman of the Constitutional Convention.

Claro M. Recto

PRESIDENT IN COMMNWEALTH

MANUEL L. QUEZON

VP OF COMMONWEALTH

SERGIO OSMENA

Existed during Japanese Period.

1943 CONSTITUTION

____ was tasked to draft a new Constitution (to make the Filipinos believe that independence would be given to them by the Japanese)

Preparatory Commission of the Philippine Independence

paved the way for the establishment of the Second Republic of the Philippines

The 1943 Constitution

HOW MANY ARTICLES ARE THRE IN 1943 CONSTITUTION

PREAMBLE AND 12 ARTICLE

WHAT WASDECLAREDA AS NATIONAL LANGUGE IN 1943 CONSTI

TAGALOG

During the regime of Marcos, he called for a convention to draft a new Constitution.

1973 CONSTITUTION

PRESIDENT IN 1943 CONSTITUTION

JOSE P. LAUREL

Pres. Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1102 declaring the 1973 constitution ratified

JANURAY 17, 1973

1973 FORM OF GOVERNMENT

PARLAMIENTARY

HEAD OF PARLIAMENTARY

PRIME MINISTER

The 1973 Constitution lost its effectivity in 1986 after the successful

EDSA REVOLUTION

1986 PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION OR FREEDOM CONSTITUTION

after formally assuming office as President of the Philippines, Corazon Aquino expressed the promulgation of a provisional constitution, otherwise known

1987 CONSTITUTION formulated by the Constitutional Commission headed by

Cecilia Munoz Palma

1987 CONSTITUION this was submitted for the people for ratification in a Plebiscite on

February 2, 1987

The 1987 Constitution consists of

18 articles with a preamble.

the new constitution was proclaimed, ratified and in effect.

Feb. 11, 1987

1987 CONSTITUTION ESTABLISHED THE PHIIPPINES AS ________

democratic country

refers to the community of persons more or less numerous, permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, having a government of their own to which the great body of inhabitants render obedience, and enjoying freedom from external control

State

PREAMBLE

It provides a summary and a brief explanation of goals, aspirations, and what to expect on a nation’s set of laws.

4 Elements of State

people, territory, sovereignty, government.

PREAMBLE Latin word

“preambulare”

“preambulare” which means

to walk before.

3 Branches of Government

❖Executive ❖Legislative ❖Judiciary

1987 CONSTITUTION Judiciary

❖ Supreme Court- Philippine’s highest judicial court. ❖ Lower courts ❖ Chief Justice- head ❖ 14 Associate Justice

1987 CONSTITUTION ❖ In this constitution, the Philippine Government is administered by a presidential system of government

bicameral legislature

Legislative Upper Chamber

Senate Senate President- head Term of office: 6years- 2 consecutive terms

Legislative Lower Chamber

Lower Chamber House of Representative Speaker of the House- head District Representative Sectoral Representative Term of office: 3years- 3 consecutive terms

Term of office: Legislative Lower Chamber 3years- 3 consecutive terms

3years- 3 consecutive terms

Term of office: Upper Chamber Chamber

6years- 2 consecutive terms

1987 CONSTITUTION Executive

President Vice-President Cabinet Members

terms of office of executive

6 without re-election