Proclamation No. 58 (Corazon Aquino)

by Corazon Aquino

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MALACAÑANG
MANILA

PROCLAMATION No. 58

PROCLAIMING THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ADOPTED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION OF 1986, INCLUDING THE ORDINANCE APPENDED THERETO.

Whereas, the Constitutional Commission of 1986 adopted the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines on October 15, 1986, together with the Ordinance appended thereto, which shall become valid and effective upon ratification by a majority of the votes cast in a plebiscite called for the purpose;

Whereas, the Commission on Elections, sitting as the national board of canvassers for the February 2, 1987 plebiscite on the proposed Constitution, certified that:

(1) the Commission on Elections canvassed the returns from 83,288 voting precincts throughout the country involving 21,785,216 votes cast;
(2) on the basis of the canvass made by the Commission on Elections, the results thereof are as follows:
(a) Affirmative Votes	16,622,111
(b) Negative Votes	4,953,375
(c) Abstentions	209,730

A copy of the Certificate of Canvass of the Votes Cast in the Plebiscite Held on February 2, 1987, of the Commission on Elections dated February 7, 1987 is hereto attached as Annex "A" of this Proclamation.

Now, therefore, I, Corazon C. Aquino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the sovereign mandate of the people, do hereby proclaim that the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines adopted by the Constitutional Commission of 1986, including the Ordinance appended thereto, has been duly ratified by the Filipino people and is therefore effective and in full force and effect.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.

By the President:

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS
MANILA

CERTIFICATE OF VOTES CAST IN THE FEBRUARY 2, 1987 PLEBISCITE ON THE 1986 PROPOSED CONSTITUTION

We, the undersigned Chairman and Commissioners of the Commission on Elections, sitting en banc at the Session Hall of the Commission on Elections, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines, as the National Board of Canvassers for the Plebiscite on the 1986 proposed Constitution held on February 2, 1987 do hereby certify:

I—PLEBISCITE QUESTION

That pursuant to Section 5, Article V of Proclamation No. 3 and Section 14 of Proclamation No. 9, as amended, the following question was submitted to the Filipino people:

Question: "DO YOU VOTE FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE ORDINANCE APPENDED THERETO?"

II—CANVASS

That on the basis of the certificates of canvass duly authenticated, certified and submitted to the Commission on Elections by Seventy (70) Provincial Boards of Canvassers, Fifty-Nine (59) City Boards of Canvassers, and Six (6) District Boards of Canvassers in Metro Manila, we publicly canvassed, with notice to, and in the presence of the representatives of the major political parties and the citizens arm of the Commission, the votes cast in the Plebiscite starting at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on February 4, 1987 and continuing everyday thereafter until 4:40 o'clock P.M. of February 7, 1987;

III—DECLARATION OF RESULTS

That after said canvass, we hereby declare the results thereof to be as follows:

Affirmative Votes YES	Percent	Affirmative Votes NO	Percent	Abstentions	Percent
16,622,111	76.20%	4,953,375	22.74%	209,780	0.96%

Question: "DO YOU VOTE FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE ORDINANCE APPENDED THERETO?"

That the foregoing affirmative votes constitute a majority of the total number of votes cast in the Plebiscite;

That the above results represent the returns from 83,288 out of 86,505 precincts throughout the country and 87.04% percent of the total number of registered voters nationwide;

That when the Commission adjourned, only the certificates of canvass from the provinces of Eastern Samar, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga del Sur, and Pagadian City were still unreported and unaccounted for, presenting a total of 590,173 registered voters or 2.35% of the total number of registered voters, which can not affect the final output of the Plebiscite.

In witness whereof, We, the Chairman and Commissioners of the Commission on Elections, have set our hands and caused the seal of the Commission to be affixed hereunto in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 7th day of February, 1987.

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(Sgd.) Ramon H. Felipe, Jr.
Chairman

(Sgd.) Leopoldo L. Africa
Commissioner

(Sgd.) Anacleto D. Badoy, Jr.
Commissioner

(Sgd.) Dario C. Rama
Commissioner

(Sgd.) Haydee B. Yorac
Commissioner

(Sgd.) Andres R. Flores
Commissioner

(Sgd.) Tomas V. De La Cruz
Commissioner

Attested:

(Sgd.) Vicente B. De Lima