1986 Constitutional Commission of the Philippines

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The 1986 Constitutional Commission of the Philippines was the body appointed after the People Power Revolution to draft the country’s post-Marcos democratic constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional commission
government body
alsoKnownAs 1986 ConCom
1986 Constitutional Commission of the Philippines
surface form: Constitutional Commission of 1986
appointedBy Corazon C. Aquino
appointedByTitle President of the Philippines
chairperson Cecilia Muñoz-Palma
country Philippines
createdBy Corazon C. Aquino
Proclamation No. 9 (1986)
dissolved 1986
documentRatificationDate 1987-02-02
documentRatifiedBy 1986 Philippine snap presidential election
surface form: Philippine national plebiscite
draftedDocument 1987 Constitution of the Philippines
surface form: Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines (1987)
endDate 1986-10-15
establishedAfter People Power Revolution
surface form: EDSA Revolution

People Power Revolution
historicalContext post-Marcos democratic transition
includesProvisionOn autonomous regions in Muslim Mindanao and the Cordilleras
bill of rights
impeachment of high officials
independent constitutional commissions
restoration of bicameral Congress
social justice and human rights
term limits for elected officials
languageOfProceedings English
Filipino
legalForm ad hoc constitutional drafting body
location Manila
mandateFrom Provisional Constitution of 1986
meetsIn Batasang Pambansa Complex
notableMember Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr.
Blas F. Ople
Christian S. Monsod
Hilario G. Davide Jr.
Joker P. Arroyo
Jose N. Nolledo
Lorenzo Tañada
surface form: Lorenzo M. Tañada

Teodoro C. Bacani Jr.
numberOfMembers 48
politicalOrientation democratic
purpose to draft a new democratic constitution for the Philippines
replaced 1973 Constitution of the Philippines
resultedIn 1987 Constitution of the Philippines
secretaryGeneral Flerida Ruth P. Romero
startDate 1986-06-02
succeeded Batasang Pambansa as primary constitutional drafting body
timePeriod post-EDSA Revolution era
viceChairperson Ambrosio B. Padilla
Florenz D. Regalado

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Constitution of the Philippines draftedBy 1986 Constitutional Commission of the Philippines
subject surface form: 1987 Constitution of the Philippines
1986 Constitutional Commission of the Philippines alsoKnownAs 1986 Constitutional Commission of the Philippines
this entity surface form: Constitutional Commission of 1986