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- 1. HISTORY OF PHILIPPINE POLITICS For this lesson, we will examine the structure and system of Philippine politics from the 1. Pre-colonial era, 2. Spanish era, 3. American Era, 4. Japanese era, and 5. modern era.
- 2. PRECOLONIAL POLITICS Even before the arrival of the Spaniards, the Philippines had already its own type of government in each of the composed settlements or villages called "balangay", a Malayan word meaning "boat."
- 3. PRECOLONIAL POLITICS Each barangay was headed by a chieftain called "Datu“. He was the chief executive, law giver, chief judge, and military head. he was assisted by a council of elders called the "Maginoos". the form of government before was monarchy because of the wealth and physical prowess of the chieftain Most of the laws, were unwritten and were passed on to generations by oral tradition.
- 4. PRECOLONIAL POLITICS Maharlika refers to the nobles or a class of wealthy families. This is the highest- ranking class that enjoys privileges such as commanding respect and obedience. (ex. Datu and his families) Timawa on the other hand refers to freemen. They are ordinary citizens who enjoy personal liberties but are required to abide by the rules of the society and submit to the authority of the datu and elders. The lowest class belongs to allpin which can be categorized into two classes: aliping namamahay and aliping sagigilid.
- 5. PRECOLONIAL POLITICS Allping namamahay are slaves or serfs who are given some freedom such as establishing his own home and have a family Allping sagigilid are slaves without liberty. They stay by their master's side even in death. Alipins are usually prisoners of war or people in debt. In order to pay their debt, they allow themselves to become slaves to a master and render their services without any compensation.
- 7. POWERS OF A DATU The chieftain was powerful and exercised the powers of the executive, the legislative, and the judiciary he was the supreme commander was aided by a council of elders in his role as a lawmaker. Executive - supreme authority; leader of the military; - establishes relations with other barangays. Legislative - creates laws with the help of the council of elders. Judiciary - serves as the prime judge during a trial, presides the trial along with the council of elders.
- 8. PRECOLONIAL LAWS Precolonial laws were customary or orally passed from generation to generation and written. "Code of Kalantiaw." It was a legal code by Datu Kalantiaw consisting of rules that give cruel punishes to crimes such as tying a person to a stone and drowning him/her on a river or boiling water for causing fatal harm or killing an elder DATU COUNCIL OF ELDER UMALOHOKAN Recommends or Proposes Law Reviews and Decides whether the propose law will be approved or not Announces the newly approved law to the barangay