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GINA LOPEZ
( Department of Environment and
Natural Resources)
RODOLFO SALALIMA
(department of Information and
Communications Technology)
ERNESTO PERNIA
(National Economic Development
Authority)
The President is the Head of State and Head of Government, and functions as the commander-
in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. As chief executive, the President exercises control over
all the executive departments, bureaus, and offices.
The Vice President may concurrently assume a cabinet position should the President of the
Philippines offer the former one. The vice president will become a secretary concurrent to the position
of vice president. Aside from the cabinet post, the vice president is mandated to assume the presidency
in case of the death, disability, or resignation of the incumbent President.
Cabinet secretaries act as the alter ego of the President executing, with his authority, the power
of the Office of the President in their respective departments. The number of cabinet secretaries varies
from time to time depending on the need of an administration. According to the Administrative Code of
1987, the President of the Philippines may create or dissolve any department as he sees fit.
Local government units also have the power to create its own sources of revenue and to levy
taxes, fees, and charges that shall accrue exclusively to them. Each local government has its own chief
executive. The following is the list of local chief executives:
The local chief executives have the power to approve or veto local ordinances recommended by the
local legislators.
Congress is responsible for making enabling laws to make sure the spirit of the constitution is
upheld in the country and, at times, amend or change the constitution itself. In order to craft laws, the
legislative body comes out with two main documents: bills and resolutions.
Judicial power rests with the Supreme Court and the lower courts, as established by law (Art.
VIII, sec. 1 of the 1987 Constitution). Its duty is to settle actual controversies involving rights which are
legally demandable and enforceable (Art. VIII Sec. 1 (2)). The judiciary enjoys fiscal autonomy. Its
appropriation may not be reduced by the Legislature below the appropriated amount the previous year
(Art. VIII, Sec. 3). The Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA) is the “training school for justices, judge,
court personnel, lawyers and aspirants to judicial posts.” It was originally created by the Supreme Court
on March 16, 1996 by virtue of Administrative Order No. 35-96, and was institutionalized on February
26, 1998 by virtue of Republic Act No. 8557. No appointee to the bench may commence the discharge
his adjudicative function without completing the prescribed court training in the academy. Its
organizational structure and administrative setup are provided for by the Supreme Court in its en banc
resolution (Revised A.M. No. 01-1-04-sc-PHILJA).
The qualifications for an individual aspiring to become the President of the Philippines are
outlined in Article VII, Section 2 of the 1987 Constitution. According to the constitution, an individual
may become President provided he meets the following criteria:
The Senate shall be composed of twenty-four Senators who shall be elected at large by the qualified
voters of the Philippines, as may be provided by law; the House of Representatives shall be composed of
not more than 250 (unless otherwise fixed by law), 20 percent of whom must be Party-list
representatives.
Meanwhile, the constitution provides for the following criteria to become a member of the House of
Representatives:
Reference:
https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/about/gov/exec/
https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/about/gov/the-legislative-branch/
https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/about/gov/judiciary/
https://www.inquirer.net/duterte/cabinet
http://www.ph.net/htdocs/government/phil/judiciary/index.html