Constitution of the Philippines
Constitution of the Philippines
Created 1986
Ratified February 2, 1987
Authors Cecilia Muñoz-Palma (et al.)
Signers Commissioners of the Constitutional
Commission of 1986
Purpose National constitution to replace
Presidential Proclamation No. 3
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The Constitution of
the Philippines
(Filipino: Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas) is the
supreme law of the Philippines.
The Constitution currently in effect was
enacted in 1987, during the administration of
President Corazon Aquino, and is popularly
known as the "1987 Constitution".[1] Philip-
pine constitutional
law experts recognize
three other previous constitutions as having
effectively governed the country — the 1935
Commonwealth Constitution, the 1973 Con-
stitution, and the 1986 Freedom Constitu-
tion.[2][3] Constitutions for the Philippines
were also drafted and adopted during the
short-lived governments of Presidents Emilio
Aguinaldo (1898) and Jose P. Laurel (1943).
Background of the 1987
Constitution
In 1986, following the People Power Revolu-
tion which ousted Ferdinand Marcos as pres-
ident, and following on her own inauguration,
Corazon Aquin