[11] UCSP - Philippine Politics

• Democracy - Filipino citizens get to choose their leaders and representatives by exercising their right to vote
• Branches of Government

  • Executive
  • Legislative
  • Judiciary
• Executive - in charge of implementing or enforcing the law; composed of President and Vice-President
• President - chief executive as the head of state; apappoints supreme court justices from the list of nominees supplied by the Judicial and Bar council; serves as the Command-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
• Vice President - next-in-line to be the head of state and government; can become a member of the Cabinet; enforces laws all over the country; distributes or devolves some powers of policymaking and enforcement to the heads of LGUs
• Cabinet - Departments Secretaries
• President and Vice President - 6 Years Term
• Legislative - responsible for formulating and amending the laws of the country based on the Philippine Constitution; divided into 2 chambers: upper house (Senate) and lower house (House of Representatives)
• Upper House (Senate) - composed of 24 elected senators (6 years per term, reelected for 2 maximum consecutive terms); 12 senators elected every election
• Lower House (House of Representatives) - composed of elected district representatives from LGUs and party-list representatives; serves 3 years per term (reelected for 3 maximum consecutive terms)
• District Representatives - responsible for looking out for the interests of their districts of LGUs
• Partylist Representatives - look out for marginalized sectors they represent
• Senators - represent national interest
• Judiciary - responsible for adjudicating and interpreting the laws of the country; composed of Supreme Court and lower courts (Regional, Local, and Barangay)
• Supreme Court - composed of 1 Chief Justice and 14 Associate Justices; expected to serve until 70 years old