Philippine Government: The Executive Branch
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The document provides an overview of the executive branch of the Philippine government, including qualifications for the president, presidential powers and privileges, causes for vacancy in the office, and a brief history of Philippine presidents. Key points are that the president is elected to a 6-year term, can appoint heads of departments and ambassadors, and has powers like negotiating treaties and declaring martial law. Causes for vacancy include death, disability, resignation or impeachment.
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Philippine Government: The Executive Branch
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Editor's Notes
- Learning Objectives: 1.) To become familiar with the Office of the President of the Philippines as the Executive Branch of the Philippine Government 2.) To become acquainted with the various constitutional mandates surrounding the Executive Branch 3.) To understand the scope and limitations of Presidential powers, as outlines in the 1987 Philippine Constitution 4.) To clearly identify the causes for vacancy of the Presidential office as well as the ranks of succession to the said office
- Plurality: Meaning that the person with the most votes wins Hence, it is possible (and has in fact happened) that the winner of the Presidential elections is not a majority president If only one candidate runs for President, s/he needs only one vote to win Note: these qualifications also apply to the Vice-President
- Note: All Presidential appointments (with the exception of the appointment of the Vice-President as Cabinet Secretary) must be cleared by the Commission on Appointments (Congress)
- Acts of Clemency: Reprieve Stay of Execution Commutation Reduction of a sentence to a lesser punishment Pardon Exemption from the punishment bestowed for the crime committed Amnesty General pardon, usually for political crimes Remission of fines and forfeitures
- Appointments of Consanguinity i.e. those of blood relation