Section 18. At the earliest possible time, the Government shall increase the salary scales
of the other officials and employees of the National Government.
Section 19. All properties, records, equipment, buildings, facilities, and other assets of
any office or body abolished or reorganized under Proclamation No. 3 dated March 25,
1986 or this Constitution shall be transferred to the office or body to which its powers,
functions, and responsibilities substantially pertain.
Section 20. The first Congress shall give priority to the determination of the period for
the full implementation of free public secondary education.
Section 21. The Congress shall provide efficacious procedures and adequate remedies for
the reversion to the State of all lands of the public domain and real rights connected
therewith which were acquired in violation of the Constitution or the public land laws,
or through corrupt practices. No transfer or disposition of such lands or real rights shall
be allowed until after the lapse of one year from the ratification of this Constitution.
Section 22. At the earliest possible time, the Government shall expropriate idle or
abandoned agricultural lands as may be defined by law, for distribution to the
beneficiaries of the agrarian reform program.
Section 23. Advertising entities affected by paragraph (2), Section 11 of Article XV1 of
this Constitution shall have five years from its ratification to comply on a graduated and
proportionate basis with the minimum Filipino ownership requirement therein.
Section 24. Private armies and other armed groups not recognized by duly constituted
authority shall be dismantled. All paramilitary forces including Civilian Home Defense
Forces not consistent with the citizen armed force established in this Constitution, shall
be dissolved or, where appropriate, converted into the regular force.
Section 25. After the expiration in 1991 of the Agreement between the Republic of the
Philippines and the United States of America concerning military bases, foreign military
bases, troops, or facilities shall not be allowed in the Philippines except under a treaty
duly concurred in by the Senate and, when the Congress so requires, ratified by a
majority of the votes cast by the people in a national referendum held for that purpose,
and recognized as a treaty by the other contracting State.
Section 26. The authority to issue sequestration or freeze orders under Proclamation
No. 3 dated March 25, 1986 in relation to the recovery of ill-gotten wealth shall remain
operative for not more than eighteen months after the ratification of this Constitution.
However, in the national interest, as certified by the President, the Congress may extend
such period.
A sequestration or freeze order shall be issued only upon showing of a prima facie case.
The order and the list of the sequestered or frozen properties shall forthwith be
registered with the proper court. For orders issued before the ratification of this
Constitution, the corresponding judicial action or proceeding shall be filed within six