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    1943 Constitution

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    The 1943 Constitution established the Philippines as a republic during the Japanese occupation. It outlined an executive branch led by a President elected by the National Assembly to enforce laws and command the armed forces. It also established a legislative branch with representatives and a judicial branch led by the Supreme Court. As a temporary constitution, it mandated the development of Tagalog as a national language and called for a new constitution to be adopted after World War II to replace it.

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    The 1943 Constitution established the Philippines as a republic during the Japanese occupation. It outlined an executive branch led by a President elected by the National Assembly to enforce laws and command the armed forces. It also established a legislative branch with representatives and a judicial branch led by the Supreme Court. As a temporary constitution, it mandated the development of Tagalog as a national language and called for a new constitution to be adopted after World War II to replace it.

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    The 1943 Constitution established the Philippines as a republic during the Japanese occupation. It outlined an executive branch led by a President elected by the National Assembly to enforce laws and command the armed forces. It also established a legislative branch with representatives and a judicial branch led by the Supreme Court. As a temporary constitution, it mandated the development of Tagalog as a national language and called for a new constitution to be adopted after World War II to replace it.

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    1943 Constitution

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    The 1943 Constitution established the Philippines as a republic during the Japanese occupation. It outlined an executive branch led by a President elected by the National Assembly to enforce laws and command the armed forces. It also established a legislative branch with representatives and a judicial branch led by the Supreme Court. As a temporary constitution, it mandated the development of Tagalog as a national language and called for a new constitution to be adopted after World War II to replace it.

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    1943

    CONSTITUTION
     THE 1943 CONSTITUTION (During the
    Japanese Occupation)
     The 1943 Constitution of the Republic of
    the Philippines, composed of a preamble
    and twelve articles.
     Article I: The Republic of the Philippines
     SECTION 1. The Philippines is a
    republican state. The government
    established by this Constitution shall be
    known as the Republic of the Philippines.
    The adjective republican describes
    a government made up of
    representatives who are elected by
    the citizens. In a republican
    government, citizens have a lot of
    power — their vote determines
    who is running the government.
    How does a republican government
    work? 
    The power of government is held by the
    people. ... The people give power to
    leaders they elect to represent them and
    serve their interests. The
    representatives are responsible for
    helping all the people in the country, not
    just a few people.
     Executive-for the office of the President
     Legislative- for the lower house representatives
     Judicial- supreme court
     The executive power is vested in the President.
     The executive is the branch of government
    exercising authority in and holding responsibility
    for the governance of a state.
     The executive executes and enforces law. In such a
    system, the executive does not pass laws (the role of
    the legislature) or interpret them (the role of the
    judiciary).
     The president, who is to be elected by
    the members of the National Assembly
    from among themselves.
     National Assembly means,  lower
    house of the Philippines from 1907 to
    1916, and was renamed the House of
    Representatives of the Philippines. The
    Philippine Assembly was the first
    national legislative body fully chosen by
    elections.
     The President is the head of government, and commander-
    in-chief of the Armed Forces.
     The powers of the President are:
     to veto any bill of the Assembly-refuse or cancel or
    disapproved.
     to promulgate regulations when the Assembly is not in
    session and in times of war or national emergency.
    -To declare or announce or disseminate publically or to
    proclaim. Especially with regard to laws or regulations, to put
    into force or effect. government.
    -if there are emergencies like wars or disasters no need to
    wait for the decisions from the different agencies of the
    government-life and death situation. He can decide since he is
    the head of the state.
    The 1943 Constitution enumerates
    the duties and rights of the citizens.
     Requires the government to
    develop Tagalog as the national
    language.
    After World War II; a new
    constitution shall be formulated
    and adopted to replace this
    Constitution.
    PREAMBLE

    We the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of


    Almighty God in order to build a just and humane
    society and established a Government that shall embody
    our ideas and aspirations, promote the common good,
    conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to
    ourselves and our posterity the blessing of independence
    and democracy under the rule of law and the regime of
    truth, justice, freedom, love equality, and peace, do
    ordain and promulgate this Constitution.

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