What is the provisional Philippine constitution adopted in 1986 called?

What is the provisional Philippine constitution adopted in 1986 called?

• A. Freedom Constitution
• B. Malolos Constitution
• C. 1987 Constitution
• D. 1935 Constitution

Answer: (A)

When a country is transitioning from one regime to another, a provisional or temporary constitution is often used to restore basic rights and set up a path to a new long-term charter. In the Philippines, that role was filled by the Freedom Constitution adopted in 1986. It served as a temporary framework after the People Power movement, restoring civil liberties, reorganizing the government, and laying out the steps to draft and ratify a new full constitution. It was explicitly intended to be interim until the 1987 Constitution could be completed and approved. The other options refer to different, longer-standing charters: the Malolos Constitution is the late 19th-century revolutionary charter, the 1935 Constitution was the Commonwealth-era charter used before independence, and the 1987 Constitution is the current long-term charter that followed the transitional period.

When a country is transitioning from one regime to another, a provisional or temporary constitution is often used to restore basic rights and set up a path to a new long-term charter. In the Philippines, that role was filled by the Freedom Constitution adopted in 1986. It served as a temporary framework after the People Power movement, restoring civil liberties, reorganizing the government, and laying out the steps to draft and ratify a new full constitution. It was explicitly intended to be interim until the 1987 Constitution could be completed and approved.

The other options refer to different, longer-standing charters: the Malolos Constitution is the late 19th-century revolutionary charter, the 1935 Constitution was the Commonwealth-era charter used before independence, and the 1987 Constitution is the current long-term charter that followed the transitional period.