Question

1. What is the importance of the government in understanding the Philippine politics?

2.Explain the form of the Philippine government pertained in Article ll, Section 1 of the 1987 Constitution: "The Philippines is a democratic and republican state. Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them."

Answer 1

Importance Of Philippine Politics

Laws and rules are implemented to keep things in order and to avoid conflict among people in various places. But in the case of Philippine politics, instead of being the solution to these matters, it has become the problem which causes the chaos among our government officials and causes the disorder of things in our country. Philippine politics has become one of the main reasons for the downfall of our country. (“Philippine Politics” par. 1-2) There is a subject taught at school that not many students find appealing mainly because it is long and boring; “Philippine History”. But our teachers and professors keep reminding us that we need to study and understand our past in order to learn from it and not make the same mistakes our past leaders made. We need to acquire knowledge about how and how not to make decisions that may or may not affect the current situation of our country, may it be good or bad. In order for us to be good leaders in our future in case some of us choose to become someone with position in our government. But judging by our present situation, it does not seem to be helping nor is it resulting in a good outcome.

The politics of the Philippines take place in an organized framework of a presidential, representative, and democratic republic whereby the president is both the head of state and the head of government within a pluriform multi-party system. This system revolves around three separate and sovereign yet interdependent branches: the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. Executive power is exercised by the government under the leadership of the president. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the bicameral Congress: the Senate (the upper house) and the House of Representatives (the lower house). Judicial power is vested in the courts with the Supreme Court of the Philippines as the highest judicial body.

Politics of the Philippines
Pamahalaan ng Republika ng Pilipinas

Polity type	Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Constitution	Constitution of the Philippines
Legislative branch
Name	Congress
Type	Bicameral
Meeting place	Senate: GSIS Building House of Representatives: Batasang Pambansa
Upper house
Name	Senate
Presiding officer	Tito Sotto, Senate President
Appointer	Plurality-at-large voting
Lower house
Name	House of Representatives
Presiding officer	Lord Allan Velasco, Speaker of the House of Representatives
Appointer	Parallel voting
Executive branch
Head of State and Government
Title	President
Currently	Rodrigo Duterte
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Cabinet
Name	Executive departments of the Philippines
Current cabinet	Cabinet of the Philippines
Appointer	nominated by the President and presented to the Commission on Appointments
Headquarters	Malacañan Palace
Ministries	21
Judicial branch
Name	Judiciary of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Chief judge	Diosdado Peralta
Seat	Padre Faura, Manila

Elections are administered by an independent Commission on Elections every three years starting 1992. Held every second Monday of May, the winners in the elections take office on the following June 30.

Local government is produced by local government units from the provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays. While most regions do not have political power and exist merely for administration purposes, autonomous regions have expanded powers more than the other local government units. While local government units enjoy autonomy, much of their budget is derived from allocations from the national government, putting their true autonomy in doubt.