CONSTITUTION MADE SIMPLE
Section 16 1. Right of the people to a balanced and healthful 2. Serious threat of climate change due to global warming .......................................................................... 43 3. Simple acts to save our environment ................................. 45 Section 17 1. Priority to education, science and technology, arts, culture, and sports ................................................ 47 Section 18 1. Labor as primary social economic force ............................ 48 Section 19 1. Self-reliant and independent national economy .............. 48 Section 20 1. Role of the private sector in the economy ......................... 48 Section 21 1. Comprehensive rural development and agrarian reform .............................................................. 49 Section 22 1. Rights of indigenous cultural communities...................... 49 Section 23 1. Non-governmental, community-based, or sectoral organizations .................................................................. 50 Section 24 1. Vital role of communication and information .................. 50 Section 25 1. Autonomy of local governments ........................................ 51 Section 26 1. Equal access to opportunities for public service .............. 51 ecology ............................................................................ 42
Section 6 1. Principle of separation of the Church and State............... 31 2. Recognition of the moral influence of religion ................. 32 STATE POLICIES Section 7 1. Foreign policy of the Philippines........................................ 33 Section 8 1. Freedom from nuclear weapons ......................................... 34 Section 9 1. Just and dynamic social order............................................. 35 Section 10 1. Social justice........................................................................... 36 Section 11 1. Human dignity and human rights ..................................... 36 Section 12 1. Strengthening the family as a basic autonomous social institution............................................................. 37 2. Right to life of the mother and the unborn from conception....................................................................... 37 3. Rearing of the youth for civic efficiency and development of moral character.................................. 38 Section 13 1. Role of the youth in nation-building.................................. 39 Section 14 1. Role of women in nation-building ..................................... 41 Section 15 1. Right of the people to health ............................................... 41
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