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    The document discusses the Family Code in the Philippines which recognizes families as unions between men and women and discusses parent-child and sibling relationships. It also discusses the 1987 Philippine Constitution which established a representative democracy with three branches of government and independent commissions to oversee elections, civil service, and audits. The Constitution also included a Bill of Rights guaranteeing civil and political rights and free elections in contrast to the previous constitution under Marcos' repressive regime.

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    The document discusses the Family Code in the Philippines which recognizes families as unions between men and women and discusses parent-child and sibling relationships. It also discusses the 1987 Philippine Constitution which established a representative democracy with three branches of government and independent commissions to oversee elections, civil service, and audits. The Constitution also included a Bill of Rights guaranteeing civil and political rights and free elections in contrast to the previous constitution under Marcos' repressive regime.

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    Reflection Paper

    The Family Code in the Philippines recognizes a family constituted through the union of

    a man and a woman. It classifies family relations as those between a husband and a wife,

    between parents and their children, and among full or half-blood siblings. In classrooms, students

    are taught that a family can only either be nuclear or extended.

    In the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, the first one is Preamble

    The preamble is very important for us citizen of the Philippines because it will tell you why a

    particular clause on the Philippine Constitution is there. It would tell you what

    the Filipino people is striving for, what they aspire to be, and what they believe in and It provides

    a standard to examine and evaluates any law and action of government to find out whether it is

    good or bad. Hence, it is the soul of the Constitution. The Preamble shows the way the

    government ought to run. It declares India to be a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic

    republic.

    The 1987 Constitution established a representative democracy with power divided among

    three separate and independent branches of government, the Executive, a bicameral Legislature,

    and the Judiciary. There were three independent constitutional commissions as well the

    Commission on Audit, the Civil Service Commission, and the Commission on Elections.

    Integrated into the Constitution was a full Bill of Rights, which guaranteed fundamental civil and

    political rights, and it provided for free, fair, and periodic elections. In comparison with the weak

    document that had given Marcos a legal fiction behind which to hide, this Constitution seemed

    ideal to many Filipinos emerging from 20 years of political repression and oppression.

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