1973 Constitution of the Philippines

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The 1973 Constitution of the Philippines was the fundamental law enacted under President Ferdinand Marcos that restructured the government into a parliamentary system and expanded executive powers during the martial law era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Constitution ⓘ
Fundamental law ⓘ
abolishedOfficeOf Vice President of the Philippines (initially) ⓘ
allowed President to continue in office beyond original term limits ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitution of the Philippines (1973) ⓘ
Marcos Constitution ⓘ
amendedOn 1976-10-16 ⓘ
1980-01-30 ⓘ
1981-04-07 ⓘ
1984-01-27 ⓘ
centralizedPowerIn Executive branch ⓘ
contains Article on the Declaration of Principles and State Policies ⓘ
Article on the Executive Department ⓘ
Article on the Judiciary ⓘ
Article on the Legislative Department ⓘ
Preamble ⓘ
Transitory Provisions ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
draftedBy 1971 Constitutional Convention ⓘ
enactedUnder Ferdinand Marcos ⓘ
expandedPowersOf President of the Philippines ⓘ
governmentForm Parliamentary system (nominal) ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War era in Southeast Asia ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
inForceDuring Fourth Republic of the Philippines ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
laterRestoredOfficeOf Vice President of the Philippines (by amendment) ⓘ
legalized Martial law regime of Ferdinand Marcos ⓘ
limited Checks and balances ⓘ
promulgatedDuring Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos ⓘ
providedFor Barangay as basic political unit ⓘ
Batasang Pambansa ⓘ
Bill of Rights ⓘ
linked to: bill of rights

National Assembly of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Batasang Pambansa

Prime Minister of the Philippines ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ
ratificationControversy Questions on validity of plebiscite ⓘ
ratificationMethod Citizens’ assemblies ⓘ
ratifiedOn 1973-01-17 ⓘ
recognized Role of labor, peasantry, and other sectors ⓘ
Role of youth and women in nation-building ⓘ
replaced 1935 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
status Superseded ⓘ
strengthenedRoleOf President as both head of state and de facto head of government ⓘ
subjectOf Political and legal criticism for authoritarian features ⓘ
tookEffectOn 1973-01-17 ⓘ
upheldBy Supreme Court of the Philippines in Javellana v. Executive Secretary ⓘ
wasReplacedBy 1987 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ

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Commission on Elections of the Philippines → constitutionalBasis → 1973 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
Philippine Martial Law period → legalBasis → 1973 Philippine Constitution ⓘ
linked to: 1973 Constitution of the Philippines
1986 Constitutional Commission of the Philippines → replaced → 1973 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
National Assembly (Batasang Pambansa) → legalBasis → 1973 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
subject linked to: National Assembly
Commission on Elections → constitutionalBasis → 1973 Philippine Constitution ⓘ
subject linked to: COMELEC
linked to: 1973 Constitution of the Philippines
1973 Constitution of the Philippines → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of the Philippines (1973) ⓘ
linked to: 1973 Constitution of the Philippines
1973 Constitution of the Philippines → alsoKnownAs → Marcos Constitution ⓘ
linked to: 1973 Constitution of the Philippines
1935 Constitution of the Philippines → remainedInForceUntil → 1973 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
1935 Constitution of the Philippines → supersededBy → 1973 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
Batas Pambansa of the Philippines → constitutionalBasis → 1973 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
Batas Pambansa of the Philippines → governingConstitution → 1973 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
Provisional Constitution of 1986 → follows → 1973 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
Provisional Constitution of 1986 → precededBy → 1973 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
1986 ConCom → replaced → 1973 Constitution of the Philippines (through the 1987 Constitution it drafted) ⓘ
linked to: 1973 Constitution of the Philippines
Proclamation No. 9 (1986) → predecessorConstitution → 1973 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
1987 Constitution of the Philippines → precededBy → 1973 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
1981 Philippine presidential election → governingConstitution → 1973 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ