5. • Apolinario Mabini
argued that under
the decree of its
creation, the
Congress was a
mere consultative
body Apolinario
Mabini
6. The three draft constitution
• Mabini Plan
~ Constitutional Program of the Philippine Republic and
based on the Statutes of Universal Masonry
• Paterno Plan
~ Based on the Spanish Constitution of 1868
• Calderon Plan
~ Based on the Constitution of France, Belgium, Mexico,
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Brazil
7. Treaty of Paris
• The Spanish Government
ceded the Philippines to the
American Government
8. Separation ofChurch and State
• On whether or not church
and state should be united
showed the democratic
orientation of the delegates
