Proclamation No. 58, s.

1987
MALACAAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

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; and
(2) On the basis of the canvass made by the Commission on Elections, the results thereof are as
follows:

(a)

Affirmative votes:

(b)

Negative Votes:

(c)

Abstentions:

16,622,111
4,953,375
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.
(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:
(Sgd.) JOKER P. ARROYO

Executive Secretary
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, 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 oclock a.m. on February 4, 1987 and continuing everyday
thereafter until 4:40 oclock 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

16,622,111

76.30%

Negative Votes (NO)

Percent

4,953,375

22.74%

Abstentions

Percent

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
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 canvess from the provinces of Eastern
Samar, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga del Sur, and Pagadian City were still unreported and unaccounted for,
representing a total of 509,173 registered voters, which can not affect the final outcome 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.
(Sgd.) RAMON H. FELIPE, JR

Chairman
(Sgd.) LEOPOLDO L. AFRICA

Chairman
(Sgd.) ANACLETO D. BADOY, JR.

Chairman
(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