question archive What are the ways or steps to amend and/or revise the 1987 Philippine Constitution?
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What are the ways or steps to amend and/or revise the 1987 Philippine Constitution?
Amendment is a correction of detail, it also implies continuance of the general plan and purpose of the law, with corrections to better accomplish its purpose.
Revision suggests fundamental change.
The methods used to amend ,revise or change Philippine constitution are 3:
Under the common interpretation of the Constitution, amendments can be proposed by one of three methods:
What are the steps to pass an amendment
Step 1: Two-thirds of both houses of Congress pass a proposed constitutional amendment.
This sends the proposed amendment to the states for ratification.
Step 2: Three-fourths of the states ratify the proposed amendment, either by their legislatures or special ratifying conventions.