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PREAMBLE
WE, THE SOVEREIGN FILIPINO PEOPLE, IMPLORING THE AID OF ALMIGHTY GOD, IN ORDER TO BUILD A JUST AND HUMANE SOCIETY AND ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT THAT SHALL EMBODY OUR IDEALS AND APIRATIONS, PROMOTE THE COMMON GOOD, CONSERVE AND DEVELOP OUR PATRIMONY, THE BLESSINGS OF INDEPENDENCE AND DEMOCRACY UNDER THE RULE OF LAW AND REGIME OF TRUTH, JUSTICE, FREEDOM, LOVE, EQUALITY, AND PEACE, DO ORDAIN AND PROMULGATE THIS CONSTITUTUION.
MEANING OF PREAMBLE The term preamble is derived from the Latin preambulare which means “to walk before”. It is an introduction to the main subject. It is the prologue of the Constitution.
PREAMBLE NOT ESSENTIAL IN A CONSTITUTION Technical speaking, the Preamble forms no integral part of the Constitution. Of itself alone, it cannot be invoked as a source of private right enforceable by the courts or any governmental power not expressly granted or at least, clearly implied there from. It is significant to note, I owever, that a majority of the constitutions of the world contain a Preamble.
OBJECT AND VALVE OF PREAMBLE (1) SETS DOWN ORIGIN AND PURPOSES – While a preamble is not a necessary part of a constitution, it is advisable to have one. In the case of the Constitution of the Philippines, It serves two very important ends:
A. It tells us who are the authors of the Constitution and for whom it has been promulgated; and
B. It states the general purposes w/c are intended to be achieved by the Constitution and the government established under it, and certain basic principles underlying the fundamental charter. (2) MAY SERVE AS AN AID IN INTERPRETATION – The Preamble has a value for purposes of construction. The statement of the general purposes may be resorted to as an aid in determining the meaning of vague or ambiguous provision of the Constitution proper. By the way of illustration, the government is w/out power to
WE, THE SOVEREIGN FILIPINO PEOPLE, IMPLORING THE AID OF ALMIGHTY GOD, IN ORDER TO BUILD A JUST AND HUMANE SOCIETY AND ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT THAT SHALL EMBODY OUR IDEALS AND APIRATIONS, PROMOTE THE COMMON GOOD, CONSERVE AND DEVELOP OUR PATRIMONY, THE BLESSINGS OF INDEPENDENCE AND DEMOCRACY UNDER THE RULE OF LAW AND REGIME OF TRUTH, JUSTICE, FREEDOM, LOVE, EQUALITY, AND PEACE, DO ORDAIN AND PROMULGATE THIS CONSTITUTUION.
MEANING OF PREAMBLE The term preamble is derived from the Latin preambulare which means “to walk before”. It is an introduction to the main subject. It is the prologue of the Constitution.
PREAMBLE NOT ESSENTIAL IN A CONSTITUTION Technical speaking, the Preamble forms no integral part of the Constitution. Of itself alone, it cannot be invoked as a source of private right enforceable by the courts or any governmental power not expressly granted or at least, clearly implied there from. It is significant to note, I owever, that a majority of the constitutions of the world contain a Preamble.
OBJECT AND VALVE OF PREAMBLE (1) SETS DOWN ORIGIN AND PURPOSES – While a preamble is not a necessary part of a constitution, it is advisable to have one. In the case of the Constitution of the Philippines, It serves two very important ends:
A. It tells us who are the authors of the Constitution and for whom it has been promulgated; and
B. It states the general purposes w/c are intended to be achieved by the Constitution and the government established under it, and certain basic principles underlying the fundamental charter. (2) MAY SERVE AS AN AID IN INTERPRETATION – The Preamble has a value for purposes of construction. The statement of the general purposes may be resorted to as an aid in determining the meaning of vague or ambiguous provision of the Constitution proper. By the way of illustration, the government is w/out power to