The Constitution by the Numbers: Qualifications and Terms
Who wrote the Constitution, what the national territory covers, who is a citizen and who may vote, and the key numbers for each top office: age, residency, term and term limit.
What it is
The 1987 Constitution is the highest law of the Philippines. Many exam items ask for its numbers: how old a Senator must be, how long a President serves, how many Justices sit in the Supreme Court.
This lesson covers:
- the Preamble (the opening paragraph) and Article I (the national territory);
- Article IV (who is a citizen) and Article V (who may vote);
- the qualifications (requirements to hold office) and terms of the top national officials.
Why it matters on the exam
General Information items on the Constitution are mostly direct recall, and the favorite trap is a number borrowed from another office: the Senator's age given for the President, or the House term given for the Senate. If you learn the numbers as a matrix (office by requirement), each wrong choice stands out.
At work in government, these rules also explain why officials leave office on June 30 and why some cannot run again.
- President
- Vice-President
- Senator
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
- Ombudsman
The rest of this lesson, and every other lesson, is part of ReviewTayo.
Read moreIn the full lesson
- How to recognize it on the test
- What to look for (5 checks)
- All 9 rules and tools
- 4 worked examples, every step explained
- 6 common mistakes and how to fix them
- 3 exam techniques
- Remember: 6 key points
- Practice questions with explanations, and your progress saved
More General Information lessons
ReviewTayo has 47 lessons that follow the official scope of the exam, each with rules, worked examples, common mistakes and practice. Open one and read the first part.