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TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
SEC 1.
The first elections of the Members of the Congress under
this Constitution shall be held on the second Monday of May,
1987.
The first local elections shall be held on a date to be
determined by the President, which may be simultaneous with
the election of the Members of the Congress. It shall
include the election of all Members of the city or municipal
councils in the Metropolitan Manila area.
SEC. 2.
The Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, and
the local officials first elected under this Constitution
shall serve until noon of June 30, 1992.
Of the Senators elected in the election of 1992, the first
twelve obtaining the highest number of votes shall serve six
years and the remaining twelve for three years.
SEC. 3.
All existing laws, decrees, executive orders, proclamations,
letters of instructions, and other executive issuances not
inconsistent with this Constitution shall remain operative
until amended, repealed, or revoked.
SEC. 4.
All existing treaties or international agreements which have
not been ratified shall not be renewed or extended without
the concurrence of at least two-thirds of all the Members of
the Senate.
SEC. 5.
The six-year term of the incumbent President and
Vice-President elected in the February 7, 1986 election is,
for purposes of synchronization of elections, hereby
extended to noon of June 30, 1992.
The first regular elections for the President and
Vice-President under this Constitution shall be held on the
second Monday of May, 1992.
SEC. 6.
The incumbent President shall continue to exercise
legislative powers until the first Congress is convened.
SEC. 7.
Until a law is passed, the President may fill by appointment
from a list of nominees by the respective sectors the seats
reserved for sectoral representation in paragraph (2),
Section 5 of Article VI of this Constitution.
SEC. 8.
Until otherwise provided by the Congress, the President may
constitute the Metropolitan Authority to be composed of the
heads of all local government units comprising the
Metropolitan Manila area.
SEC. 9.
A sub-province shall continue to exist and operate until it
is converted into a regular province or until its component
municipalities are reverted to the mother province.
SEC. 10.
All courts existing at the time of the ratification of this
Constitution shall continue to exercise their jurisdiction,
until otherwise provided by law. The provisions of the
existing Rules of Court, judiciary acts, and procedural laws
not inconsistent with this Constitution shall remain
operative unless amended or repealed by the Supreme Court or
the Congress.
SEC. 11.
The incumbent Members of the Judiciary shall continue in
office until they reach the age of seventy years or become
incapacitated to discharge the duties of their office or are
removed for cause.
SEC. 12.
The Supreme Court shall, within one year after the
ratification of this Constitution, adopt a systematic plan
to expedite the decision or resolution of cases or matters
pending in the Supreme Court or the lower courts prior to
the effectivity of this Constitution. A similar plan shall
be adopted for all special courts and quasi-judicial bodies.
SEC. 13.
The legal effect of the lapse, before the ratification of
this Constitution, of the applicable period for the decision
or resolution of the cases or matters submitted for
adjudication by the courts, shall be determined by the
Supreme Court as soon as practicable.
SEC. 14.
The provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4), Section 15 of
Article VIII of this Constitution shall apply to cases or
matters filed before the ratification of this Constitution,
when the applicable period lapses after such ratification.
SEC. 15.
The incumbent Members of the Civil Service Commission, the
Commission on Elections, and the Commission on Audit shall
continue in office for one year after the ratification of
this Constitution, unless they are sooner removed for cause
or become incapacitated to discharge the duties of their
office or appointed to a new term there under. In no case
shall any Member serve longer than seven years including
service before the ratification of this Constitution.
SEC. 16.
Career civil service employees separated from the service
not for cause but as a result of the reorganization pursuant
to Proclamation No. 3 dated March 25, 1986 and the
reorganization following the ratification of this
Constitution shall be entitled to appropriate separation pay
and to retirement and other benefits accruing to them under
the laws of general application in force at the time of
their separation. In lieu thereof, at the option of the
employees, they may be considered for employment in the
Government or in any of its subdivisions, instrumentalities,
or agencies, including government-owned or controlled
corporations and their subsidiaries. This provision also
applies to career officers whose resignation, tendered in
line with the existing policy, had been accepted.
SEC. 17.
Until the Congress provides otherwise, the President shall
receive an annual salary of three hundred thousand pesos;
the Vice-President, the President of the Senate, the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, and the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court, two hundred forty thousand pesos each;
the Senators, the Members of the House of Representatives,
the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and the
Chairmen of the Constitutional Commissions, two hundred four
thousand pesos each; and the Members of the Constitutional
Commissions, one hundred eighty thousand pesos each.
SEC. 18.
At the earliest possible time, the Government shall increase
the salary scales of other officials and employees of the
National Government.
SEC. 19.
All properties, records, equipment, buildings, facilities,
and other assets of any office or body abolished or
reorganized under Proclamation No. 3 dated March 25, 1986 or
this Constitution shall be transferred to the office or body
to which its powers, functions, and responsibilities
substantially pertain.
SEC. 20.
The first Congress shall give priority to the determination
of the period for the full implementation of free public
secondary education.
SEC. 21.
The Congress shall provide efficacious procedures and
adequate remedies for the reversion to the State of all
lands of the public domain and real rights connected
therewith which were acquired in violation of the
Constitution or the public land laws, or through corrupt
practices. No transfer or disposition of such lands or real
rights shall be allowed until after the lapse of one year
from the ratification of this Constitution.
SEC. 22.
At the earliest possible time, the Government shall
expropriate idle or abandoned lands as may be defined by
law, for distribution to the beneficiaries of the agrarian
reform program.
SEC. 23.
Advertising entities affected by paragraph (2), Section 11
of Article XVI of this Constitution shall have five years
from its ratification to comply on a graduated or
proportionate basis with the minimum Filipino ownership
requirement therein.
SEC. 24.
Private armies and other armed groups not recognized by duly
constituted authority shall be dismantled. All paramilitary
forces including Civilian Home Defense Forces not consistent
with the citizen armed force established in this
Constitution, shall be dissolved or, where appropriate,
converted into the regular force.
SEC. 25.
After the expiration in 1991 of the Agreement between the
Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America
concerning Military Bases, foreign military bases, troops,
or facilities shall not be allowed in the Philippines except
under a treaty duly concurred in by the Senate and, when the
Congress so requires, ratified by a majority of the votes
cast by the people in a national referendum held for that
purpose, and recognized as a treaty by the other contracting
State.
SEC. 26.
The authority to issue sequestration or freeze orders under
Proclamation No. 3 dated March 25, 1986 in relation to the
recovery of ill-gotten wealth shall remain operative for not
more than eighteen months after the ratification of this
Constitution. However, in the national interest, as
certified by the President, the Congress may extend said
period.
A sequestration or freeze order shall be issued only upon
showing of a prima facie case. The order and the list of the
sequestered or frozen properties shall forthwith be
registered with the proper court. For orders issued before
the ratification of this Constitution, the corresponding
judicial action or proceeding shall be filed within six
months from its ratification. For those issued after such
ratification, the judicial action or proceeding shall be
commenced within six months from the issuance thereof.
The sequestration or freeze order is deemed automatically
lifted if no judicial action or proceeding is commenced as
herein provided.
SEC. 27.
This Constitution shall take effect immediately upon its
ratification by a majority of the votes cast in a plebiscite
held for the purpose and shall supersede all previous
Constitutions.
Ratified: February 2, 1987 |
