PREAMBLE We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.

Meaning of PREAMBLE derived from the Latin preambulare which means “to walk before”. It is an introduction to the main subject

Is Preamble an essential part of the Constitution? Preamble forms no integral part of our Constitution It cannot be invoked as a source of private right

Object and value of Preamble it tells us who are the authors of the Constitution It states the general purposes which are intended to be achieved It serves as an aid in its interpretation