What are the salient provisions of the Philippine National Language Policy according to the 1987 Constitution?
• That the Philippines has a national language (section 6, sentence 1). • That this national language shall be known as Filipino (section 6, sentence 1). • That this language shall be developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippine and other languages (section 6, sentence 2). • That this language is the medium of official communication (section 7, sentence 1). • That this language is the medium of instruction (section 7, sentence 1). • That the government may remove English as an official language (section 7, sentence 1). • That the regional languages are auxiliary official languages in the region (section 7, sentence 2). • That the regional languages are auxiliary media of instruction in the region (section 7, sentence 2). • That the government has an obligation to promote Spanish on a voluntary and optional basis. • That the government has an obligation to promote Arabic on a voluntary and optional basis. • That the government has an obligation to establish “a national lan
