The 1935 Constitution
What is 1935 Constitution?
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The 1935 Constitution, which featured a political system virtually identical to the
American one, became operative.
Who approved the 1935 Constitution?
That was the first national election held under the 1935 Charter drafted and approved on Feb. 8,
1935 by the 202-member Constitutional Convention of 1934 chaired by Senator Claro M. Recto
and ratified by the Filipinos in a nationwide plebiscite on May 4, 1935.
CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES
The Filipino people, imploring the aid of Divine Providence, in order to establish a government
that shall embody their ideals, conserve and develop the patrimony of the nation, promote the
general welfare, and secure to themselves and their posterity the blessings of independence under
a régime of justice, liberty, and democracy, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.
ARTICLE I. —THE NATIONAL TERRITORY
ARTICLE II. —DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
ARTICLE III. —BILL OF RIGHTS
ARTICLE IV. —CITIZENSHIP
ARTICLE V. —SUFFRAGE
ARTICLE VI. —LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
ARTICLE VII. —EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
ARTICLE VIII. —JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
ARTICLE IX. —IMPEACHMENT
ARTICLE X. —GENERAL AUDITING OFFICE
ARTICLE XI. —CIVIL SERVICE
ARTICLE XII. —CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
ARTICLE XIII. —GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE XIV. —AMENDMENTS
ARTICLE XV. —TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
ARTICLE XVI. —SPECIAL PROVISIONS EFFECTIVE UPON THE PROCLAMATION OF
THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
ARTICLE XVII. —THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE REPUBLIC
ORDINANCE APPENDED TO THE CONSTITUTION
References: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1935-constitution/