National plebiscite and local plebiscites for the approval of the proposed constitutional amendments and local bills made by the Interim Batasang Pambansa

Interim Batasang Pambansa

The Interim Batasang Pambansa or the First Batasan was the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines from its inauguration on June 12, 1978 to June 5, 1984...

 was held January 27, 1984 in the Philippines.

Constitutional Amendments

• Creating the Office of the Vice-President of the Philippines
• Abolishing the Executive Committee
• Elections for the Regular Members of Batasang Pambansa by provinces, highly urbanized cities and districts of Metro Manila
  Metro Manila
  Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...
  
  
• Land grant and urban housing program.

Local Bills

Also were held in certain barangays in Zamboanga del Sur

Zamboanga del Sur

Zamboanga del Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Zamboanga Peninsula region in Mindanao. Pagadian City is the capital...

, plebiscite for the creation of a unified barangay.

• The creation of new Bgy. Diampok from Bgy. Shiolan, Kabasalan, Zamboanga del Sur
  Zamboanga del Sur
  Zamboanga del Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Zamboanga Peninsula region in Mindanao. Pagadian City is the capital...
  
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Plebscite results

The majority of the Filipino people voted YES to the terms and constitutional amendments. All were in favor of the creation of the new municipalities in Zamboanga del Sur

Zamboanga del Sur

Zamboanga del Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Zamboanga Peninsula region in Mindanao. Pagadian City is the capital...

. But some boycotted after the assassination of Former Senator and leading opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr.

Benigno Aquino, Jr.

Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. was a Filipino Senator and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, formed the leadership of the opposition to the Marcos regime in the years leading to the imposition of martial law in the Philippines...

 in 1983 like Former Senator Jose Diokno

José Diokno

Jose "Pepe" Wright Diokno was a Filipino nationalist. He served as Senator of the Philippines, Secretary of Justice, founding chair of the Commission on Human Rights, and founder of the Free Legal Assistance Group....

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See also

• Commission on Elections
  Commission 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 Philippines
  Politics of the Philippines
  The 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
• President of the Philippines
  President of the Philippines
  The President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...