Abstract
According to the 1987 Philippine Constitution, legislative power is vested in Congress, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The only limitation to this power is a Constitutional provision for a people’s initiative and referendum (Article VI, Section 32) whereby the people can directly propose and enact laws, or approve or reject any act or law or part thereof after registration of a petition signed by at least 10% of the total number of registered voters, of which every legislative district must be represented by at least 3% of the registered voters thereof. To date, no people’s initiative has as yet been exercised.
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Canieso-Doronila, M.L. (1997). The Philippines. In: Haddad, S. (eds) Adult Education — The Legislative and Policy Environment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0795-5_9
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