PREAMBLE culturally, and spiritually. (v.

general welfare, interpreted as greatest good for

the greatest number)
We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty
God, in order to build a just and humane society and establish a government EQUALITY: It emphasizes that a major problem in Philippine society is the
that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, prevalence of gross economic and political inequalities.
conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our
LOVE: Is inserted as a monument to the love that prevented bloodshed in the
posterity the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law
February Revolution.
and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain
and promulgate this Constitution. TRUTH: Is a protest against the deception which characterized the Marcos
Regime.
*The draft was approved on second reading on the eve of Independence Day,
June 11, 1986 PEACE: Is the fruit of convergence of truth, justice, freedom, and love.
FUNCTION: The Preamble is NOT a source of rights or of obligations. THE RULE OF LAW: The concept that government officials have only the
However, it sets down the origin, scope, and purpose of the Constitution; it authority them by law and defined bylaw, and that such authority continues
useful as an aid in ascertaining the meaning of ambiguous provisions in the only with the consent of the people.
body of the Constitution. It is thus a source of light.
ORIGIN: The will of the sovereign Filipino people
SCOPE AND PURPOSE: 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 our posterity the blessings of independence and democracy
under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality,
and peace.
WE: The use of the first person stresses the active and sovereign role of the
Filipino people as the author of the Constitution. (v The Filipino people)
The identification of the Filipino people as the author of the Constitution also
calls attention to an important principle: that the document is not just the
work of the representatives of the people but of the people themselves who
put their mark of approval by ratifying it in a plebiscite.
ALMIGHTY GOD: Its use is more personal and more consonant with
personalist Filipino religiosity. (v Divine Providence)
COMMON GOOD: It projects the idea of a social order that enables every
citizen to attain his or her fullest development economically, politically,