Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986
The Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986 was the constitutional convention tasked with drafting the present iteration of the Constitution of the Philippines in 1986. Leadership. President: Cecilia Muñoz-Palma Vice President: Ambrosio B. Padilla Floor Leader: Napoleon G. Rama Assistant Floor Leaders: Secretary General: Flerida Ruth Pineda-Romero Members. A nomination process was held to select the members of the commission. The commission was composed of 48 national, regional, and sectoral representatives, which included lawyers, entrepreneurs, politicians, landlords, health professionals, religious leaders, labor and peasant leaders, university professors, and journalists. Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986