Editing Constitutional Commission (section)

==Philippines==
{{Main|Constitution of the Philippines}}
{{See also|Constitution of the Philippines#Article_IX – Constitutional Commissions}}
In January 1942, the [[Philippine Executive Commission]], or PEC, was established as the temporary caretaker government of the [[City of Greater Manila]], and eventually, of the whole Philippines during the Japanese occupation of the country during World War II. The PEC existed until the Japanese-sponsored [[Second Philippine Republic]] was established in October 1943.

In 1986, [[President of the Philippines|President]] [[Corazon Aquino]] dissolved the 1973 Constitution and called for its revision. From February 1986 to February 1987, the Philippines was governed under a provisional constitution called the "Freedom Constitution", which was drafted by her Executive Secretary [[Joker Arroyo]]. In September 1986, the [[Constitutional Commission of 1986]] was set up with all its members appointed by Aquino. The revised Philippine Constitution was ratified by a [[1987 Philippine constitutional plebiscite|plebiscite]] with 76% of votes in the affirmative.

An unrelated concept is a "constitutional commission", which is a commission created by the 1987 Constitution. These are governmental bodies that are independent of the three main branches of government. These constitutional commissions are the:
*[[Civil Service Commission (Philippines)|Civil Service Commission]]
*[[Commission on Audit (Philippines)|Commission on Audit]]
*[[Commission on Elections (Philippines)|Commission on Elections]]

The 1987 Constitution does not place upon a constitutional commission the task of amending the Constitution—that task falls to the [[Constitutional Convention (Philippines)|Constitutional Convention]], the [[Constituent Assembly (Philippines)|Constituent Assembly]], or the [[People's Initiative]], the three constitutionally sanctioned methods of amending the Constitution.