Article XVIII The Commonwealth and the Republic

Article XVIII 
The Commonwealth and the Republic

 

Summary: Article XVIII provides that the government established by the 1935 Constitution shall be known as the Commonwealth of the Philippines and upon independence as the Republic of the Philippines.

 

Section. 1. The government established by this Constitution shall be known as the Commonwealth of the Philippines. Upon the final and complete withdrawal of the sovereignty of the United States and the proclamation of Philippine independence, the Commonwealth of the Philippines shall thenceforth be known as the Republic of the Philippines.