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Article: Constitutional cretinism.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- March 18, 2002
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Byline: Adrian E. Cristobal
Civilian authority is, at all times, supreme over the military. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is the protector of the people and the State. Its goal is to secure the sovereignty of the State and the integrity of the national territory.
- Art II, Sec. 3,
The Constitution of the
Philippines
BY virtue of the commanderin-chief provision of our Constitution (Art. VII, Sec. 18) the President commands the Armed Forces of the Philippines, whose goal, as the protector of the people and the State," is to secure the sovereignty of the State and the integrity of the national territory."
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