diplomatic power

• presidential powers: diplomatic powers

  • including power to enter into (t) treaties
• diplomatic power: scope

  • the President, being the head of the State, is regarded as the sole organ and authority in external relations and is the country's sole representative with foreign nations
• diplomatic power: scope

  • since the President is the Chief Architect of foreign policy, the President acts as the country's mouthpiece with respect to international affairs
• diplomatic power: scope

  • the President is vested with the authority to: deal with foreign states and governments
• diplomatic power: scope

  • the President is vested with the authority to: extend or withhold recognition
• diplomatic power: scope

  • the President is vested with the authority to: maintain diplomatic relations
• diplomatic power: scope

  • the President is vested with the authority to: enter treaty
• diplomatic power: scope

  • the President is vested with the authority to: transact the business of foreign relations
• treaty-making power

  • as defined by the Vienna Constitution on Law of Treaties, "an international instrument concluded between states in written form and governed by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments, and whether its particular designation
• military bases treaty

  • SEC. 25, ART. 18 = after the expiration in 1991 of the agreement between the Republic of the PH and US concerning military bases, foreign military bases, troops, or facilities, shall not be allowed in the PH except under a treaty duly concurred in by the Senate, and when the Congress requires, ratified by a majority of votes cast by people in national referendum held for that purpose, and recognized as a treaty by the other contracting state
• visiting forces agreement (VFA)

  • VFA, the instrument agreed upon to provide for the joint RP-US military exercises, is simply an implementing agreement to the main RP-US Military Defense Treaty. the VFA is valid for its presence is allowed under the RP-US Mutual Defense Treaty
• powers relating to appropriation measures: preparing and submitting the budget

  • SEC. 22, ART. 7 = the President shall submit to the Congress within 30 days from the opening of every regular session, as the basis of of general appropriations bill, a budget of expenditures and sources of financing, including receipt from existing and proposed revenue measures
• powers relating to appropriation measures: fixing of tariff rates

  • SEC. 28, ART. 6 = the Congress may authorize the President to fix within specified limits and subject to such limitations and restrictions as it may impose: tariff rates, import and export quotas, tonnage and wharfage dues, other duties or imposts within the framework of the national developmental program of the government
• the budget is the plan indicating

  • expenditures of the government
• the budget is the plan indicating

  • sources of financing
• the budget is the plan indicating

  • receipt from revenue-raising measures