Gen. Info. - The Preamble of the 1987 Philippine Constitution

[Music] hey guys it's me again leave East reappearance and I'm back with a new video today I'll talk about variable I know that you already have an idea about the preamble because every college student is required to memorize it but there is so much more in the preamble watch this video till the end to learn more about it let's start by defining the word pre-op it comes from the Latin word pray on boozers which means walking before but it doesn't do that it is a walking document walking before means that it walks before a document often explaining what's coming so it's like an introduction to an important document now you ask it was just an introduction is it still important to know the preamble I will give you 5 seconds to answer discussion your time starts now of course the answer is yes the preamble may not be a part of the Constitution nor a source of right but it tells us the authors of the Constitution and the general purposes of the Constitution let's move on to our fanfic for this episode did you know that not all constitutions have a preamble our preamble is not a requirement in making a Constitution a constitution can exist without a preamble in fact there are some countries who made a constitution without a free on phone however the majority of the Constitution's in the world contain a prayer book now here is the preamble of the 1987 Philippine Constitution this is one of the world's longest preamble it tells us the values ideals and aspirations of the Filipino people do you have a better understanding of the preamble let's break it down the latest preamble starts with the words we the sovereign Filipino people it stresses the fact that the constitution of the Philippines derives its authority from the Filipino people the Filipino themselves are the stars of the Constitution now let's discuss the changes in the preamble of the 1987 Philippine Constitution first is the phrase imploring the aid of Almighty God in the preamble of the 1973 Constitution it was imploring the aid of divine providence now it is imploring the aid of Almighty God to make it more direct and personal by mentioning God will recognize the elevating influence of religion in human society second is their face in order to build a just and humane society our new preamble does not only mention the establishment of a government it also provides for building a nation that is just animate our society where every individual regardless of their economic status in life should be treated fairly before the law third from general welfare it became common good when we say general welfare it means a kebab booty nanahara while common good means echo booty Mangla hot the present preamble is now using common good because all the efforts and rules of the government should be for the welfare of all the people without exceptions fourth the patrimony of the nation was changed to our patrimony to signify that the natural resources of the Philippines is for all the Filipinos let's move on to the new phrases and words that were added in the latest preamble first aspirations to signify the dreams of filipinos second independence to emphasize that we are a foundation we don't all elisions to other countries third rule of law it means that no one not even the government is above the law this also serves as a reminder to everyone about the dark history of the Philippines during the time of August 4th 3 was added to emphasize the need of transparency and honesty of public officials and last but not least longest are they because without love the divisions in our society would not be overcome that ends our lesson on the preamble of the 1987 Philippine Constitution here is a preview of our next lesson we'll talk about the national territory thank you for learning with us and see you in the next [Music]