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• Article 7: The Executive Department
• Section 1: The Executive power shall be vested in the President of the Philippines.
• The executive power shall be vested in the President of the Philippines.
• Executive power - The power to administer the laws, carrying them into practical operation and enforcing their due observance.
• Section 2. No person may be elected President unless he is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines, a registered voter, able to read and write, at least forty years of age on the day of the election, and a resident of the Philippines for at least ten years immediately preceding such election.
• Qualification of the President and Vice-President - Natural born citizen, A registered voter, Able to read and write, At least (40) years of age on the day of the election, The Vice-President must have the same qualifications of the President.
• Section 3. There shall be a Vice-President who shall have the same qualifications and term of office and be elected with and in the same manner as the President.
• Vice President may be removed from office in the same manner as the President.
• The Vice-President may be appointed as a Member of the Cabinet. Such appointment requires no confirmation.
• The President and the Vice-President shall be elected by direct vote of the people for a term of six years which shall begin at noon on the 30th day of June.
• The President is absolutely disqualified for any reelection.
• The Vice-President cannot serve for more that (2) successive terms.
• President as Administrator - To see to it that every department, bureau and office under the executive branch is managed and maintained properly by the person in charge of it in accordance with pertinent laws and regulations.
• The power of appointment - to choose men of competence and confidence.
• The power of removal - to remove incapable and dishonest officials.
• Military power of the President - powers to meet emegency situations such as: To call out the armed forces to prevent violence, threat, and rebelion. To suspend write of habeas corpus. To declar marcial law
• The President is the civilian commander-in-chief of all armed forces of the Philippines.
• The President is Authorized, if becomes necessary, to call out the armed forces to prevent or suppress lawless violence, invasion, or rebellion.
• The President is task in preparing the budget of receipts and expenditures based on existing and proposed revenue measures and other sources of financing and submitting it to Congress.
• The prepared budget by the President shall be the basis of the general appropriations act to be enacted by the Congress for the following year.