Body that drafted the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines
A historical marker issued by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines to commemorate the 1986 Philippine Constitutional Commission Commissioners of the Constitutional Commission The Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986 was the constitutional convention tasked with drafting the present iteration of the Constitution of the Philippines in 1986.
Sessions
Regular Session : June 2 – October 15, 1986
Legislation
Drafting
Enactment
Ratification
1987 Constitution
Approval
October 12, 1986
October 15, 1986
Ratification
October 15, 1986
February 2, 1987
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]
^ Resigned on August 28, 1986.[ 2] [ 3]
See also
References
Further reading
Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines . Giraffe Books. ISBN 971-8832-24-6 Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years . ISBN 971-92245-0-9
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