Comparative Public Administration Between Philippines, Sri Lanka and Columbia

1. Comparative Public
Administration
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2. Countries Name
• Republic of Philippine
• Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
• Republic of Columbia
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3. Location
Philippine Sri lanka Columbia
• South East • South Asia • South
Asia America
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4. Geography
Philippine Sri Lanka Columbia
The Philippine Strategic location near Only South American
archipelago is made major Indian Ocean country with
up of 7,107 islands sea lanes coastlines on both the
North Pacific Ocean
and Caribbean Sea
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5. Colony
•Spain(16th-1898)
•USA (1898-1942)
•Japanese (1942-
1946)
•Portuguese(16th)
•Dutch (17th)
Philippine •British (1796-1948)
•Spain (1525-
Sri lanka 1813)
Columbia
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6. Independent Day
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7. Capital City & Official Language
Philippine
Manila Filipino
Sri lanka
Colombo Sinhala
Columbia
Bogota Spanish
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8. Country Philippine Sri lanka Columbia
Population 103,775,002 21,481,334 45,239,079
Roman Buddhist Roman
Major Religion
Catholic 80.9% 69.1% Catholic 90%
Literacy Rate 92.7% 90.7% 90.4%
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9. Government Type & Administrative
Division
• Republic
Philippine • 80 Provinces
• Republic
Sri lanka • 9 Provinces
• Republic
Columbia • 32 Departments
(Provinces)
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10. Constitution Followed and
Amendment
Country Philippine Sri lanka Columbia
Followed 1987 1978 1991
18th time 11th time in
Amendment -
in2010 2005
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11. Legal System
Mixed legal Mixed legal Civil law system
Philippine
Sri lanka
Columbia
system of civil, system of influenced by
common, Roman-Dutch the Spanish and
Islamic, and civil law, English French civil
customary law common law, codes
and Jaffna Tamil
customary law
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12. Branches of Government
Executives
Legislatures
Judiciary
Executives
Legislatures
Judiciary
Executives
Legislatures
Judiciary
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13. Chief of the State & Head of the
Government
Country Election Term Cabinet
President with
Philippine Popular Vote 6 Years Appointment
Commission
President with
President Sri lanka Popular Vote 6 Years
Prime Minister
president
Columbia Popular vote 4 Years Legislative
branch
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14. Houses
Philippine Sri Lanka Columbia
House of House Of
Senate Parliament Senate
Representative Representative
Popular Vote Popular Vote Popular Vote Popular Vote Popular Vote
287 Seats 24 Seats 225 Seats 116 Seats 102 Seats
3 Years Term 6 Years 6 Years 4 Years 4 Years
The Political System in all Three States is Polyarchal
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15. Judicial branch
Philippine Sri Lanka Columbia
3 Coequal 2 Coequal 4Coequal
Courts Courts Courts
• Supreme Court • Supreme Court • supreme
• Court of • Court of judicial organs
Appeals Appeals • Supreme Court
• Sandigan-bayan of Justice
(Administrative • Council of State
Court) • Constitutional
Court
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16. Civil Services
Title Alternative Title Grade
Secretary to the President Secretary to the Treasury Special Grade offices
Permanent Secretary Chief Secretary Special Grade offices
Additional Secretary Commissioner, Director- Special Grade offices
General
Senior Assistant Secretary Commissioner, Director Class 1 Officers
Assistant Secretary Deputy Commissioner, Class 2 Officers
Deputy Director
Titles vary widely Assistant Commissioner, Class 2 Officers
Assistant Director
Title are same in all three states only the difference of local languages
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17. Civil Services
Country
Philippine Sri Lanka Columbia
Recruitment The National Civil
Philippine civil Sri Lanka
Service
service Administrative
Commission
commission Commission
(CNSC)
Training National Collage
School of Public
HRD programs for Public
Administration
administration
Retirement At least 20 Years
65 Year 68 Year
of Service
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