The Constitution evinces the direct action of the Filipino people by
which the fundamental powers of government are established, limited and
defined and by which those powers are distributed among the several
departments for their safe and useful exercise for the benefit of the body
politic. The Framers reposed their wisdom and vision on one suprema lex
to be the ultimate expression of the principles and the framework upon
which government and society were to operate. Thus, in the interpretation
of the constitutional provisions, the Court firmly relies on the basic
postulate that the Framers mean what they say. The language used in the
Constitution must be taken to have been deliberately chosen for a definite
purpose. Every word employed in the Constitution must be interpreted to
exude its deliberate intent which must be maintained inviolate against
disobedience and defiance. What the Constitution clearly says, according to
its text, compels acceptance and bars modification even by the branch
tasked to interpret it.
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