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Equal Protection

The document discusses several sections from the Philippine Constitution related to equal protection, social justice, and economic opportunities. It aims to promote social justice by diffusing wealth and political power equitably for the common good. It protects labor rights, guarantees workers the right to organize and strike, and promotes shared responsibility between workers and employers. It also regulates foreign investment and reserves the use of marine resources exclusively for Filipino citizens.

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Equal Protection

The document discusses several sections from the Philippine Constitution related to equal protection, social justice, and economic opportunities. It aims to promote social justice by diffusing wealth and political power equitably for the common good. It protects labor rights, guarantees workers the right to organize and strike, and promotes shared responsibility between workers and employers. It also regulates foreign investment and reserves the use of marine resources exclusively for Filipino citizens.

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EQUAL PROTECTION

(Political, economic and social equality)

Art. XIII, Sec. 1 & 2 (Social Justice)

Section 1. The Congress shall give highest priority to the enactment of measures that protect
and enhance the right of all the people to human dignity, reduce social economic, and political
inequalities, and remove cultural inequities by equitably diffusing wealth and political power for
the common good.

To this end, the State shall regulate the acquisition, ownership, use, and disposition of
property and its increments.

Section 2. The promotion of social justice shall include the commitment to create economic
opportunities based on freedom of initiative and self-reliance.

Art. XIII, Sec. 3 (Protection to Labor)

Section 3. The State shall afford full protection to labor, local and overseas, organized and
unorganized, and promote full employment and equality of employment opportunities for all.

It shall guarantee the rights of all workers to self-organization, collective bargaining and
negotiations, and peaceful concerted activities, including the right to strike in accordance with
law. They shall be entitled to security of tenure, humane conditions of work, and a living wage.
They shall also participate in policy and decision-making processes affecting their rights and
benefits as may be provided by law.

The State shall promote the principle of shared responsibility between workers and
employers and the preferential use of voluntary modes in settling disputes, including
conciliation, and shall enforce their mutual compliance therewith to foster industrial peace.

The State shall regulate the relations between workers and employers, recognizing the
right of labor to its just share in the fruits of production and the right of enterprises to
reasonable returns on investments, and to expansion and growth.

Art. XII, Sec. 10 (Nationalization of Business)

Section 10. The Congress shall, upon recommendation of the economic and planning agency,
when the national interest dictates, reserve to citizens of the Philippines or to corporations or
associations at least sixty per centum of whose capital is owned by such citizens, or such
higher percentage as Congress may prescribe, certain areas of investments. The Congress
shall enact measures that will encourage the formation and operation of enterprises whose
capital is wholly owned by Filipinos.

In the grant of rights, privileges, and concessions covering the national economy and
patrimony, the State shall give preference to qualified Filipinos.

The State shall regulate and exercise authority over foreign investments within its national
jurisdiction and in accordance with its national goals and priorities.

Art. XII, Sec. 2(2) (Reservation of Marine Resources)


The State shall protect the nation's marine wealth in its archipelagic waters, territorial sea,
and exclusive economic zone, and reserve its use and enjoyment exclusively to Filipino
citizens.

Art. III, Sec. 11 (Free access to the Courts)


Free access to the courts and quasi-judicial bodies and adequate legal assistance shall
not be denied to any person by reason of poverty.
Art. VIII, Sec. 5(5) Legal Aid to Poor
5. Promulgate rules concerning the protection and enforcement of constitutional rights,
pleading, practice, and procedure in all courts, the admission to the practice of law, the
Integrated Bar, and legal assistance to the underprivileged Such rules shall provide a
simplified and inexpensive procedure for the speedy disposition of cases, shall be uniform for
all courts of the same grade, and shall not diminish, increase, or modify substantive rights.
Rules of procedure of special courts and quasi-judicial bodies shall remain effective unless
disapproved by the Supreme Court.

Art. IX-C, Sec. 10 (Protection of Candidates)


Section 10. Bona fide candidates for any public office shall be free from any form of
harassment and discrimination.

Art. II, Sec. 26 (Public Service)


The State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service, and prohibit
political dynasties as may be defined by law.

Art. II, Sec. 14 (Equality of women and men)


The State recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall ensure the
fundamental equality before the law of women and men.

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