The Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986 was the constitutional convention tasked with drafting the present iteration of the Constitution of the Philippines in 1986.
Sessions
Regular Session: June 2 – October 15, 1986
Legislation
Leadership
President: Cecilia Muñoz-Palma
Vice President: Ambrosio B. Padilla
Floor Leader: Napoleon G. Rama
Assistant Floor Leaders: José D. Calderón Ahmad Domocao Alonto Secretary General: Flerida Ruth Pineda-Romero
Members
A nomination process was held to select the members of the commission. The commission was composed of 48 national, regional, and sectoral representatives, which included lawyers, entrepreneurs, politicians, landlords, health professionals, religious leaders, labor and peasant leaders, university professors, and journalists.
Leadership
President of the Commission
Cecilia Muñoz-Palma
Vice-President of the Commission
Ambrosio B. Padilla
Floor Leader
Napoleon G. Rama
Assistant Floor Leaders
Jose D. Calderon
Ahmad Domacao Alonto
Members
Resigned on August 28, 1986.
See also
First Philippine Commission
Second Philippine Commission
Congress of the Philippines
Senate of the Philippines
House of Representatives of the Philippines
References
Further reading
Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
External links
Official Gazette Archives on the 1986 Constitutional Commission
Records of the 1986 Constitutional Commission
(Published online: April 18, 2012)
Constitutional conventions (political meeting) Political history of the Philippines History of the Congress of the Philippines Constitutional Commission pages=79-101