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Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986

Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986

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The Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986 was the constitutional convention tasked with drafting the present iteration of the Constitution of the Philippines in 1986.

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A historical marker issued by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines to commemorate the 1986 Philippine Constitutional Commission
Commissioners of the Constitutional Commission

Sessions

  • Regular Session: June 2 – October 15, 1986

Legislation

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Leadership

Members

A nomination process was held to select the members of the commission. The commission was composed of 48 national, regional, and sectoral representatives, which included lawyers, entrepreneurs, politicians, landlords, health professionals, religious leaders, labor and peasant leaders, university professors, and journalists.[1]

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  1. Resigned on August 28, 1986.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "FALSE: Cory Aquino handpicked 48 persons to draft Constitution for business, foreign interests". Rappler. March 17, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022. (from Rappler Newsbreak)
  2. [2]
    Dolan, Ronald R., ed. (1991). . Philippines: A Country Study (Report). GPO for the Library of Congress. p. 79.
  3. [3]
    Atienza, Maria Ela L., ed. (2019), Chronology of the 1987 Philippine Constitution (PDF), University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies

Further reading

  • Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
  • Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
  • Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.
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