SPX 17

• Executive Power Office of the President, The Cabinet and Local Executives
• Legislative power Bicameral Congress: House of Senate, House of Representatives
• Judicial power Supreme Court and Lower Courts
• Executive Branch Headed by the president, who serves as the head of state and head of government. Individuals who aim to run for presidency must meet specific set of qualifications.
• Executive branch

  The Cabinet assists the President in implementing projects for the improvement of the state. It is composed of different departments and offices concerned with a specific area of governance.
• Legislative Branch The Congress is composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate. They organize legislative committees tasked to review proposed laws and conduct investigations in aid of legislation.
• Legislative Branch

  They also approve the appropriation of the national budget, organize electoral tribunal, maintain a system of checks and balances, evaluate and approve Presidential appointments, declare a state of war, approve all international treaties and agreements, approve the articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives, and organize as a court to hear and decide all cases of impeachment by the Senate.
• Judicial Branch Embodied by the Supreme Court, the highest court in the country. It has the power to interpret and apply laws. It is considered as the "supreme arbiter" as it decides disputes on laws, the rights of citizens, and settle disagreements regarding policy between legislative and executive branches.
• Judicial Branch

  It is considered as the "supreme arbiter" as it decides disputes on laws, the rights of citizens, and settle disagreements regarding policy between legislative and executive branches.
• Local government

  Is a political subdivision of the state constituted by law. It possesses the basic elements of territory, population, and a continuous organization.
• Local government

  Its creation is determined by legislation, hence, it is political in nature. It based on a particular locale or community defined by a given number of inhabitants.
• Local governments are municipal governments comprising of cities and municipalities and sub-municipal units such as the barangay. arises due to the concept of decentralization.
• AUTONOMOUS Have more powers than other local governments. It is governed by the regional governor and a legislature such as the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly, Cordillera Autonomous Region, and National Capital Region.
• PROVINCES Outside the lone autonomous region, the provinces are the highest-level local government. The provinces are organized into component cities and municipalities.
• BARANGAYS Every city and municipality in the Philippines is divided into smallest of the local government units. Barangays can be further divided into "sitios" and barangays, the "puroks".
• Decentralization refers to the degree to which the powers of the national government are shared with or transferred to intermediate or local governments in both systems of governments.
• Decentralization Objective is to establish administrative efficiency and/or to promote local autonomy. relates to political participation at the local levels.
• Decentralization is the transfer of power and authority from central institution to lower or local levels of a government system.
• Devolution transfer of power and authority from the national government to local government units (LGUs); political and territorial
• Deconcentration transfer of power, authority or responsibility or the discretion to plan, decide and manage from central to local levels; administrative and sectoral
• Debureaucratization transfer of some public functions. and responsibilities, which government may perform, to private entities or NGOs
• Election in the Philippines happens before the end of the term of a government official.
• In the case of the president, vice-president, and the senators, the term of office is six years.
• The case of congressmen or congresswomen, governors, vice-governors, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial board members), mayors, vice-mayors, members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod or members of the Sangguniang Bayan (city/municipal councilors), barangay officials, and the members of the Sangguniang Kabataan (youth councilors), there term of office is three years.
• The Omnibus Election Code also extensively discusses the roles and responbilities of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).
• The COMELEC is chiefly responsible for administering the entire electoral process, and deciding on all election-related matters. But the canvassing of votes for President, Vice President is done by Senate Electoral Tribunal and the rest of the votes cast are canvassed by the COMELEC.
• Cities and Municipalities - Municipal government in the Philippines is divided into three independent cities, component cities, and municipalities (sometimes referred to as towns).
• Local governments are municipal governments comprising of cities and municipalities and sub-municipal units such as the barangay. arises due to the concept of decentralization.
• Cities and Municipalities

  Several cities across the country are "independent cities" which means that they are not governed by a province, they are called Highly Urbanized cities or chartered cities. These HUC is independent and have its own funds and programs apart from the province.