The document summarizes the key aspects of the Executive Department in the Philippines. It outlines the qualifications and terms for the President and Vice President. It describes the powers and privileges of the President which include appointing cabinet members, declaring martial law, and granting acts of clemency. It then lists the current Cabinet Secretaries and provides a performance rating chart for the different roles of the President.

1. THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT

3. 1.The Executive Department
The Legislative Department
The Judicial Department

5. THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT
• President
• Vice President
• Cabinet

7. Natural- born citizen of the
Philippines
Registered voter
Able to read & write
At least 40 years of age on the
day of the election
Resident of the Philippines for
at least 10 years immediately
preceding such election

8. The President and VP shall be
elected…for a term of six
years
The president shall not be
eligible for any reelection
No VP shall serve for more
than two consecutive terms
TRIVIA:
Ferdinand Marcos is
the longest-serving
President, having
been in office for 20
years, 57 days
(7,362 days).

9.  Office of the President and VP shall
be considered vacant in the case of:
Death
Permanent Disability
Removal from Office/
Impeachment
Resignation
Estrada, popularly
called Erap, was
ousted from office in
2001 during a
popular uprising in
Metro Manila after an
aborted
impeachment trial in
which he was
charged with plunder
and perjury.
Ferdinand Marcos
was accused by
56 lawmakers on
1985 of graft,
economic plunder,
unexplained
wealth, granting
monopolies to
cronies, and other
crimes

10. Shall not …
…hold any other office or employment
during their tenure
…practice any other profession
…participate in any business or be
financially interested in any contract with
the government

12. PRESIDENTIAL PRIVILEGES
 Appoint the heads of the different executive departments
 Appoint ambassadors, consuls and public ministers
 Appoint armed forces personnel from the rank of colonel or
naval captain
 Contract / guarantee foreign loans
 Negotiate foreign treaties
 Make appointments not otherwise provided for by law
 Suspend the writ of habeas corpus
 Declare martial law
 Prepare the national budget
 Perform acts of clemency

14. The President Cannot:
 Hold any other office or enjoy any other form of
employment
 Make appointments two months prior to the next
elections
 Make appointments within the 4th civil degree of
consanguinity
 Increase his/her salary or that of the Vice-President
during his/her term
 Ratify foreign treaties
 Grant clemency in cases of impeachment

15. ACTS OF CLEMENCY
Amnesty
Pardon
Commutation
Reprieve
Remission of fines
and forfeitures

16. CABINET SECRETARIES
1. Executive Secretary
2. Secretary of Agrarian Reform
3. Secretary of Agriculture
4. Secretary of Budget and
Management
5. Secretary of Education
6. Secretary of Energy
7. Secretary of Environment and
Natural Resources
8. Secretary of Finance
9. Secretary of Foreign Affairs
10.Secretary of Health
11.Secretary of Justice
12.Secretary of Labor and
Employment
13.Secretary of National
Defense
14.Secretary of Public Works
and Highways
15.Secretary of Science and
Technology
16.Secretary of Social Welfare
and Development
17.Secretary of the Interior and
Local Government
18.Secretary of Trade and
Industry
19.Secretary of Transportation
and Communications
20.Secretary of Tourism
21.Commission on Higher
Education
22.Director General of the
National Economic and
Development Authority

19. RATE THE PERFORMANCE
POOR AVERAGE GOOD
EXCELLENT, OUTSTANDING. EXPLAIN THE
REASON FOR THE RATING.

20. ROLE RATING REASON
Chief Executive
Head of State
Commander-in Chief
Chief Diplomat
Chief Legislator
Chief of Party
Voice of the People
Protector of Peace
Manager of
Prosperity
World Leader