Philippine constitutional plebiscite, 1973
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The Constitutional Convention
of 1971 minus 11 CON-CON delegates who were arrested during the proclamation of martial law, re-convenened and with nothing to do but to do what President Ferdinand Marcos
wanted to be put to the proposed constitution. The regime tasked a plebiscite for the ratification of the proposed constitution to the people.
Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 86 calling for the cancellation of the plebiscite and instituted barangays (citizens' assemblies) to ratify the new constitution. The barangays (citizens' assemblies) would institute the ratification by a referendum. The referendum of the proposed constitution happened from 10–15 January 1973. After the ratification, Proclamation No. 1102 on 17 January 1973, certified and proclaimed that the Constitution proposed by the Constitutional Convention
of 1971 had been ratified by the Filipino people and thereby come into effect.
Constitutional Convention (Philippines)
Constitutional convention or “con-con” is one of the three modes in which the "Constitution of the Philippines could be amended or revised. The other two modes are via a People's Initiative or "PI" and Constituent Assembly or "Con-Ass"....
of 1971 minus 11 CON-CON delegates who were arrested during the proclamation of martial law, re-convenened and with nothing to do but to do what President Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr. was a Filipino leader and an authoritarian President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate...
wanted to be put to the proposed constitution. The regime tasked a plebiscite for the ratification of the proposed constitution to the people.
Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 86 calling for the cancellation of the plebiscite and instituted barangays (citizens' assemblies) to ratify the new constitution. The barangays (citizens' assemblies) would institute the ratification by a referendum. The referendum of the proposed constitution happened from 10–15 January 1973. After the ratification, Proclamation No. 1102 on 17 January 1973, certified and proclaimed that the Constitution proposed by the Constitutional Convention
Constitutional Convention (Philippines)
Constitutional convention or “con-con” is one of the three modes in which the "Constitution of the Philippines could be amended or revised. The other two modes are via a People's Initiative or "PI" and Constituent Assembly or "Con-Ass"....
of 1971 had been ratified by the Filipino people and thereby come into effect.
New qualifications for voting
- Reducing the voting age from 18 years to 15.
- Allowing illiterates to vote.
See also
- Commission on ElectionsCommission on Elections (Philippines)The Commission on Elections, or COMELEC, is one of the three constitutional commissions of the Philippines. Its principal role is to enforce all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of elections, initiatives, referendums, and recalls....
- Politics of the PhilippinesPolitics of the PhilippinesThe Politics of the Philippines takes place in an organized framework of a presidential, representative, and democratic republic whereby the president is both the head of state and the head of government within a pluriform multi-party system...
- Philippine elections
- Philippine Constitution
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