The Constituent Assembly, is a term describing one of the three methods by which amendments to the
1987 Constitution of the Philippines may be proposed. The other two modes are via
People's Initiative
People's Initiative (or "PI") is a common appellative in the Philippines that refers to either a mode for constitutional amendment provided by the 1987 Philippine Constitution or to the act of pushing an initiative (national or local) allowed b ...
and
Constitutional Convention. All three require a majority vote in a national
referendum
A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a representative. This may result in the adoption of a ...
.
Constituent Assembly is composed of all members of the
bicameral Congress of the Philippines
The Congress of the Philippines ( fil, Kongreso ng Pilipinas, italic=unset) is the legislature of the national government of the Philippines. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, although colloquially the te ...
(
Senate and the
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
). It is convened by Congress to propose amendments to the 1987 constitution. Under Article XVII of the Constitution of the Philippines, amendments pass upon a vote of three fourths of all members of Congress, wherein the Congress votes as separate houses for the amendment.
The convention of Congress into the term "Constituent Assembly" is not explicitly provided for in the Constitution, since the term is not used in the Constitution with it being only referred to as "''Congress upon a vote of three-fourths of all its members''".
See also
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Constitutional reform in the Philippines
Constitutional reform in the Philippines, also known as charter change (colloquially cha-cha), refers to the political and legal processes needed to amend the current 1987 Constitution of the Philippines. Under the common interpretation of the ...
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Constitution of the Philippines
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External links
Abs-Cbn Interactive, New people's initiative drive eyes revision, not amendment{dead link, date=November 2016 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes
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Political organizations based in the Philippines