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    Steps in the amendatory process include:

    1. Proposal (Section 1-3, Article XVII): The adoption of the suggested change in the constitution. A
    proposed amendment may come from:

    a. Constituent Assembly: Congress by a vote of ¾ of all its members


    b. Constitutional Convention: may be called into existence by 2/3 vote of all the
    members of Congress or, by the people in a plebiscite (Section 3, Article XVII)
    c. People’s Initiative: requires a petition of at least 12% of the total number of
    registered voters with each legislative district represented by at least 3% of the
    registered voters therein.

    Limitations: No amendment in this manner shall be authorized within five years


    following the ratification of the 1987 Philippine Constitution nor more often than once
    every five years thereafter. People initiative applies only to an amendment and not a
    revision of the Constitution.

    2. Ratification: Proposed amendment shall become part of the Constitution if ratified by a


    majority of the votes cast in a plebiscite held not earlier than 60 days nor later than 90 days
    after the approval of the proposal by Congress or the Constitutional Convention, or after the
    certification by the Commission on Elections of the sufficiency of the petition for initiative
    under Section 2, Article XVII (Section 4, Article XVII)

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