MARCOS V.

MANGLAPUS
G.R. No. 88211 September 15 1989
FACTS:
Former President Marcos, after his and his family spent three year exile in Hawaii, USA,
sought to return to the Philippines. The call is about to request of Marcos family to order
the respondents to issue travel order to them and to enjoin the petition of the President's
decision to bar their return to the Philippines.
ISSUE:
Whether or not, in the exercise of the powers granted by the Constitution, the President
may prohibit the Marcoses from returning to the Philippines.
RULING:
Yes
According to Section 1, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution: "The executive power shall
be vested in the President of the Philippines." The phrase, however, does not define what
is meant by executive power although the same article tackles on exercises of certain
powers by the President such as appointing power during recess of the Congress (S.16),
control of all the executive departments, bureaus, and offices (Section 17), power to grant
reprieves, commutations, and pardons, and remit fines and forfeitures, after conviction by
final judgment (Section 19), treaty making power (Section 21), borrowing power (Section
20), budgetary power (Section 22), informing power (Section 23).
The Constitution may have grant powers to the President, it cannot be said to be limited
only to the specific powers enumerated in the Constitution. Whatever power inherent in
the government that is neither legislative nor judicial has to be executive.