Government of the Philippines
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Government of the Philippines
Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas
Formation 1898 (official)
1987 (de jure)
Country Philippines
Website [Link]
Legislative branch
Legislature Congress
Meeting place Batasang Pambansa Complex(House of
Representatives/Lower Chamber)
GSIS Building (Senate/Upper Chamber)
Executive branch
Leader President
Appointment Election by popular vote
Headquarters Malacañang Palace
Main organ Cabinet
Judicial branch
Court Supreme Court
Seat Manila
Baguio City (summer)
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The Government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng
Pilipinas) is the national government of the Philippines. It is
governed as unitary state under a presidential representative and
democratic and a constitutional republic where
the President function as both the head of state and the head of
government of the country within a pluriform multi-party
system.
The government has three interdependent branches: the legislative
branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. The powers
of the branches are vested by the Constitution of the Philippines in
the following: Legislative power is vested in the
two-chamber Congress of the Philippines—the Senate is the
upper chamber and the House of Representatives is the lower
chamber.[1]
Executive power is exercised by the government under the
leadership of the President. Judicial power is vested in the courts
with the Supreme Court of the Philippines as the highest judicial
body.
Contents
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1Legislative Power
2Executive Power
3Judicial Power
4Constitutional Commissions
5Office of the Ombudsman
6Local government
7See also
8References
Legislative Power[edit]
The legislative power is vested in the Congress of the Philippines
which consists of the Senate of the Philippines Senate and House
of Representatives. The upper house is located in Pasay City, while
the lower house is located in Quezon City. Both are in Metro
Manila. The district and sectoral representatives are elected for a
term of three years. They can be re-elected but they may not run
for a fourth consecutive term.
Senators are elected to a term of six years. They can be re-elected
but may not run for a third consecutive term. The House of
Representatives may opt to pass for a vacancy of a legislative seat,
which leads to a special election. The winner of the special election
will serve the unfinished term of the previous district
representative, and will be considered as one elective term. The
same rule also applies in the Senate, however it only applies if the
seat was vacated before a regular legislative election.
The current President of the Senate is Aquilino Pimentel III, while
the current Speaker of the House of Representatives is Pantaleon
Alvarez.
Legislative Power:
National Government
Senate
House of Representatives
Local Government
Sangguniang Panlalawigan
Regional Legislative Assembly
Sangguniang Panlungsod
Sangguniang Bayan
Sangguniang Barangay
Executive Power[edit]
The executive power is vested in the President of the Philippines.
The President is elected by popular vote. The principal workplace
of the President is the Malacañang Palace in San Miguel, Manila.
The executive branch is currently headed by President Rodrigo
Duterte. The President is also the Commander-in-Chief of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines, The second highest official is
elected separately from the President by popular vote. The Vice
President is first in line to succession if the President resigns, is
impeached or dies. The Vice President is usually, though not
always, a member of the president's cabinet. If there is a vacancy
in the position of vice-president, the President will appoint any
member of Congress (usually a party member) as the new Vice
President. The appointment must then be validated by a
three-fourths vote of the Congress.[2]
Executive leadership:
National government
President
Vice-President
Cabinet Secretaries
Local government
Provincial/Regional Governor
Provincial/Regional Vice-Governor
City/Municipal Mayor
City/Municipal Vice-Mayor
Barangay Captain/Barangay Upuan
Judicial Power[edit]
The judicial power is vested in the Supreme Court of the
Philippines and lower courts established by law. The Supreme
Court, which has a Chief Justice as its head and 14 Associate
Justices, occupies the highest tier of the judiciary. The justices
serve until the age of 70. The justices are appointed by the
president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council
of the Philippines.[3] The sitting Chief Justice is Maria Lourdes
Sereno, the 24th to serve in that position...
Other court types of courts, of varying jurisdiction around the
archipelago, are the:
Lower Collegiate Courts:
Court of Appeals
Court of Tax Appeals
Sandiganbayan
Regular Courts:
Regional Trial Courts
Municipal Circuit Trial Courts
Muslim Courts
Sharia District Courts
Sharia Circuit Courts yessy
Constitutional Commissions[edit]
Article 9 of the Constitution of the Philippines establishes three
constitutional commissions: the Civil Service Commission, the
Commission on Elections, and the Commission on Audit.
Office of the Ombudsman[edit]
See also: Corruption in the Philippines
The government and all three of its branches are independently
monitored by the office of the Ombudsman (Filipino: Tanodbayan).
The Ombudsman is given the mandate to investigate and
prosecute any government official allegedly guilty of crimes,
especially Graft and Corruption. The Ombudsman is assisted by six
deputies: the Overall Deputy, the Deputy for Luzon, the Deputy
for Visayas, the Deputy for Mindanao, the Deputy for the Armed
Forces, and the Special Prosecutor.
Local government[edit]
Main article: Administrative divisions of the Philippines
Local government hierarchy. The dashed lines emanating from
the president means that the President only exercises general
supervision on local government.
The Philippines has four main classes of elected administrative
divisions, often lumped together as local government units (LGUs).
They are, from the highest to the lowest division:
1. Autonomous regions
2. Provinces (lalawigan, probinsiya, kapuoran) and
independent cities (lungsod, siyudad/ciudad, dakbayan,
dakbanwa, lakanbalen)
3. Municipalities (bayan, balen, bungto, banwa) and
component cities (lungsod, siyudad/ciudad, dakbayan,
dakbanwa, lakanbalen)
4. Barangays (also known as barrio)
Beyond these, the national government
groups provinces and independent cities into regions, e.g. Metro
Manila or Region VI. The President has the prerogative to create,
abolish and determine the composition of regions, which is done so
most often in consultation with the local government units
affected, with the exception of autonomous regions, where the
residents of the local government units have to ratify in a
plebiscite their inclusion in such a setup.
See also[edit]
Congress of the Philippines
Senate of the Philippines
House of Representatives of the Philippines
President of the Philippines
Executive departments of the Philippines
Administrative divisions of the Philippines
Supreme Court of the Philippines
References[edit]
1. Jump up^ Exec. Order No. 1987-292 Book II Chapter 1
Section 1 (25 July 1987; in English) President of the
Philippines. Retrieved on 21 November 2015.
2. Jump up^ Philippine Government
3. Jump up^ Redden, R.K. 1984. Modern Legal System
Cyclopedia - Asia Chapter 7(b) "The legal system of the
Philippines" W.B. Hein, Buffalo NY
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