Philippines Political System.

1. Presentation
Philippines Political System
Instructor: Kairat Moldashev
Team members: Rathana Phin
Menghong Kang
Liming Liv

2. Philippines Presidential System

3. Executive Branch
President
 Head of State
 Commander in Chief
 Leader of National Government
 Servers a six-year terms and cannot be re-elected

4. Congress
House of Representatives
• 250 Representative Members
• Draft the bills
• Approve the nominees
Senate
• 24 Senators
• Check over and Approve the bills
• Approve the nominees
Legislative Branch

5. Judiciary
Supreme Court Lower Court
Judicial Review over:
- Law
- Treaty
- Proclamation
- Etc…

6. Is there any concentration of power in one branch or political
institution? Is check and balance in place?
 The President can veto laws passed by congress
 Congress confirms/rejects President’s appointment & remove President from office
 The Justice of Supreme Court, who can overturn unconstitutional law

7. What are major parties and their ideologies?
1). Philippine Democratic Party-people’s power (PDP-Laban):
was found in 1983. It is the ruling political party. The party
holds three upper house seats and 114 lower house seats. There
ideology is Democratic Socialism.

8. What are major parties and their ideologies?
2). The Nationalist Party (NP): was established in 1907,
initially created as a Filipino nationalist party that supported
Philippine independence. Today, the party holds four Senate
seats and 29 seats in the House of Representatives. The
Nationalist Party follow the Conservatism.

9. What system is used for elections and how does it affect
representations and interparty relations?
In Philippine use Proportion electoral systems; have two types:
 Party-list
 Single transferable vote

11. What about the representation of genders in political
processes?
• Genders: In terms of gender, women are underrepresented and not prioritized in
politics compared to men.

12. • https://www.esquiremag.ph/politics/news/political-parties-in-the-
philippines-a00287-20190127-lfrm

13. Thank For Your Attention!!!