Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Constitutional convention or con-con is one of the three methods to amend the \"Constitution of the Philippines. The other two are a People's Initiative or \"PI\" and Constituent Assembly or \"Con-Ass\". Article XVII, Sec.3 of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines says, “The Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of all its Members, call a constitutional convention, or by a majority vote of all its Members, submit to the electorate the question of calling such a convention.”The 1987 constitution does not specify how delegates to a Constitutional Convention should be chosen. For past conventions the legislation calling for the convention specified how the delegates would be chosen. In 1971 under an earlier constitution, Republic Act No. 6132 provided that delegates to a constitutional convention would be elected by the national legislative district in a special election. The 1987 constitution specifies that any proposed amendment to the 1987 Constitution must by ratified by a majority of voters in a plebiscite.The process of amending or revising the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines has become known as Charter Change.There have been five constitutional conventions in Philippine history: Tejeros Convention (1897) Malolos Congress (1899) 1934 Constitutional Convention 1971 Constitutional Convention 1986 Constitutional Commission↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ↑ ↑"@en }
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- Constitutional_Convention_(Philippines) abstract "Constitutional convention or con-con is one of the three methods to amend the \"Constitution of the Philippines. The other two are a People's Initiative or \"PI\" and Constituent Assembly or \"Con-Ass\". Article XVII, Sec.3 of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines says, “The Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of all its Members, call a constitutional convention, or by a majority vote of all its Members, submit to the electorate the question of calling such a convention.”The 1987 constitution does not specify how delegates to a Constitutional Convention should be chosen. For past conventions the legislation calling for the convention specified how the delegates would be chosen. In 1971 under an earlier constitution, Republic Act No. 6132 provided that delegates to a constitutional convention would be elected by the national legislative district in a special election. The 1987 constitution specifies that any proposed amendment to the 1987 Constitution must by ratified by a majority of voters in a plebiscite.The process of amending or revising the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines has become known as Charter Change.There have been five constitutional conventions in Philippine history: Tejeros Convention (1897) Malolos Congress (1899) 1934 Constitutional Convention 1971 Constitutional Convention 1986 Constitutional Commission↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ↑ ↑".