MODULE 5: THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!

Constitution - ANSWER-Is defined as the Supreme Law of the land. De Leon defined it as "body of rules and principles in accordance with which the powers of sovereignty are regularly exercised". Refers to "that body of rules and principles in accordance with which the powers of sovereignty are regularly exercised." Thomas Paine - ANSWER-Defined a "constitution" as a "thing" antecedent to Government, and a Government is only the Creature of a Constitution. Serve as a fundamental law - ANSWER-A constitution is the charter creating the government. It has the status of a supreme or fundamental law as it speaks for the entire people from whom it derives its claim to obedience. Establishes basic framework and underlying principles of the government - ANSWER-The purpose of the constitution is to prescribe the permanent framework of the system of government and to assign to the different departments their respective powers and duties and to establish certain basic principles on which the government is founded. It is primarily designed to preserve and protect the rights of individuals against arbitrary actions of those in authority. It limits the actions of every individual citizens. Conventional or enacted - ANSWER-One which is enacted by a constituent assembly. Cumulative or evolved - ANSWER-Product of the development originating in customs, traditions and judicial decisions. Written - ANSWER-Has been given a definite form at a particular time, usually by Constitutional Convention. Unwritten - ANSWER-Product of political evolution, consisting of customs, traditions and judicial decisions. Rigid or inelastic - ANSWER-Cannot be amended or altered. Flexible or elastic - ANSWER-Can be altered in the same way as other laws. Preamble - ANSWER-Is derived from the Latin word "preambulare" which means "to walk before." It is the prologue of the constitution and it introduces the main subject. Malolos Constitution - ANSWER-Is the first republican constitution in Asia. It also called for a parliamentary republic as the form of government. The president was elected for a term of four years by a majority of the Assembly. It was titled "Constitución política" (political constitution), and was written in Spanish following the declaration of independence from Spain, proclaimed on January 20, 1899, and was enacted and ratified by the Malolos Congress, a Congress held in Barasoain, Malolos, Bulacan. 1935 Constitution - ANSWER-Was written in 1934, approved and adopted by the Commonwealth of the Philippines () and later utilized by the Third Republic (). It was written with an objective to meet the approval of the United States Government, to ensure that the U.S. would live up to its promise to grant the Philippines full autonomy and not have a premise to h