Preamble of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.

1. PREAMBLE
1987 Philippine Constitution

2. 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 aspirations,
promote the common good, conserve and develop our
patrimony, and secure to ourselves and posterity 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 Constitution.

3. PREAMBLE
Latin word
“preambulare”
to “to
walk
before”

4. Preamble A prologue to the Constitution.
Forms no integral part in our
constitution
It cannot be invoked as a source
of private right enforceable by
courts or of any governmental
power not expressly granted or at
least, clearly implied therefrom.

5. OBJECT AND VALUE OF PREAMBLE
Sets down origin
and purpose of
the Constitution
a. It tells us who are the authors of the
Constitution and for whom it has been
promulgated
b. States the general purposes and the
government established under it, and certain
basic principles
May serve as an
aid in its
interpretation
The general purposes may be resorted to as
an aid in determining the meaning of the
vague or ambiguous provisions of the
Constitution proper

6. 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
aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and
develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and posterity
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 Constitution.

7. SOURCE OF CONSTITUTION’S AUTHORITY
The Filipino
People
The source of authority
Signify oneness and
solidarity
A sovereign
people
Filipino people as
sovereign
Uses “we” and “our” to
stress that the Filipino
are the sovereign entity

8. NATIONAL PURPOSES AND AIMS IN ADOPTING
THE 1987 PHIL.CON.
• To build a just and humane society
• To establish a Government that shall:
• embody our ideals and aspirations,
• promote the common good,
• conserve and develop our patrimony, and
• secure to ourselves and posterity 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 Constitution

9. THANK YOU!!