FEDERAL SYSTEM OF

GOVERNANCE
 01 DEFINTION: FEDERAL SYSTEM

02 PROPOSED FEDERAL SYSTEM BY THE

DUTERTE ADMINSITRATION

03 COMPARISON:
vs. PROPOSED
CURRENT SYSTEM

TOPIC 04 JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 10

OUTLINE
 FEDERAL SYSTEM OF
GOVERNMENT
A FEDERAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IS ONE
THAT DIVIDES POWER OF GOVERNMENT BETWEEN
THE NATIONAL (FEDERAL) GOVERNMENT AND
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
-THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES ESTABLISHED THE FEDERAL
SYSTEM, ALSO KNOWN AS FEDERALISM.

-IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE CONCEPT OF

FEDERALISM WAS FIRST SUGGESTED BY
JOSE RIZAL. HE OUTLINED HIS VISION OF
FEDERALIST GOVERNANCE ON HIS ESSAY
“LAS FILIPINAS DENTRO DE CIEN ANOS”

-IN 1899, FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARIES

EMILIO AGUINALDO AND APOLINARIO
MABINI ALSO SUGGESTED DIVIDING THE
ISLANDS INTO 3 FEDERAL STATES.
 THE PROPOSE
FEDERAL SYSTEM
IN THE
PHILIPPINES

-PRES. DUTERTE PROPOSES THE

REVISION OF THE 1987
CONSTITUTION

-INCREASE
DECENTRALIZATION, GREATER
LOCAL POWER AND ACCESS TO
RESOURCES
18 PROPOSED FEDERAL REGIONS

1. ILOCOS REGION 8. NEGROS

2. CAGAYAN VALLEY ISLAND REGION
3. CENTRAL LUZON 9. EASTERN
4. CALABARZON VISAYAS
5. BICOL 10. WESTERN
6. MIMAROPA VISAYAS
MAP OF THE PROPOSED FEDERAL SYSTEM
CURRENT SYSTEM
THE PHILIPPINES IS A UNITARY
PRESIDENTIAL AND
CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, WITH
THE PRESIDENT ACTING AS BOTH
THE HEAD OF STATE AND THE HEAD
OF THE GOVERNMENT
FEDERAL SYSTEM VS. CURRENT
CURRENT SYSTEM PROPOSED SYSTEM

Art. 6 Sec. 7 REMOVAL OF THE 2-TERM

3 TERM LIMIT FOR THE LIMIT FOR SENATORS AND
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE 3-TERM LIMIT FOR
OF CONGRESS DISTRICT AND PARTY LIST
REP.

Art. 6 Sec. 5 REVIVAL OF THE 2-PARTY

MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE SYSTEM, W/ THE FIRST 2
OF REPS. SHALL BE DOMINANT PARTIES
APPORTIONED GARNERING THE MOST
ACCORDINGLY NUMBER OF VOTES
DURING THE 1ST
NATIONAL ELECTION
UNDER FEDERALISM
BECOMING THE OFFICIAL
PARTIES
FEDERAL SYSTEM VS. CURRENT
CURRENT SYSTEM PROPOSED SYSTEM

Art. 6 Sec. 3 REQUIREMENT FOR

SENATORIAL MEMBERS OF THE
REQUIREMENTS LEGISLATURE TO HAVE A
COLLEGE DEGREE

Art. 6 Sec. 22 HOUSE SPEAKER BECOMES

THE HEADS OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE
DEPARTMENT MAY COMMISSION ON
APPEAR BEFORE AND BE APPOINTMENTS, NOT THE
HEARD BY SUCH HOUSE SENATE PRESIDENT
ON ANY MATTER
PERTAINING TO THEIR
DEPARTMENT
FEDERAL SYSTEM VS. CURRENT
CURRENT SYSTEM PROPOSED SYSTEM

Art. 2 Sec. 19 REMOVAL OF THE LINE

THE STATE SHALL LIMITING THE
DEVELOP A SELF-RELIANT PARTICIPATION OF
AND INDEPENDENT FOREIGN INVESTORS IN
NATIONAL ECONOMY THE GOVERNING BODY OF
EFFECTIVELY ENTITIES BASED ON THEIR
CONTROLLED BY PROPORTIONAL SHARE IN
FILIPINOS THE CAPITAL

ELECTORAL CODE ART. 2 SEC. 13 THE FIRST NATIONAL AND

THE REGULAR ELECTION FOR
PRES. AND VP SHALL BE HELD
ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF MAY
1987 AND ON THE SAME DAY
EVERY 6 YEARS
LOCAL ELECTIONS FOR
THE NEW PRES. VP, SEN.
REPS. AND LOC. OFFICIALS
ON THE 2ND MONDAY OF
MAY 2022.
 01 2008, AQUILINO PIMENTEL
01 01 PROPOSED JR #10

REVISION OF 14 OUT OF
THE 18 ARTICLES OF THE
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 10

02 1987 CONSTITUTION AND

ADDITION OF 2 NEW
ARTICLES

JOINT RESOLUTION CREATION OF 11 STATES AND 1

03 FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE
NO. 10 REGION

ABOLISHMENT OF THE
04 JUDICIAL AND BAR
COUNCIL

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS OF
05 THE 3 BRANCHES WILL BE
RECONSIDERED
 HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION NO. 15
IN MAY 7, 2008, REP. PUENTENELLA FILED
HCR NO. 15 WHICH SUPPORTED JOINT
RESOLUTION NO. 10
UNLIKE JR. NO. 10, HCR NO. 15 UNCLUDES THE
OPTION OF HOLDING A CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, BUT EXCLUDED THE PEOPLE’S
INITIATIVE MODE
 “A BOON INSTEAD OF A
BOOM”
RECEIVED A LOT OF
BACKLASH FROM
NEWS ON CURRENT EVENTS

DIFFERENT SECTORS IN OUR

COUNTRY
MAY STIR FURTHER
DIVISION IN OUR COUNTRY

RECEIVED A LOT OF
BACKLASH FROM
DIFFERENT SECTORS
67% OF FILIPINOS IN OUR
OPPOSED
COUNTRY
SAID CHANGE IN OUR
POLITICAL SYSTEM

DRAFT ALREADY
Despite being red, Mars is a SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS
cold place, not hot. It’s full of
iron oxide dust, which gives
the planet its reddish cast
JUST A MOVE TO EXTEND
HIS TERM
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constitution
■ https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardheydarian/2018/07/19/does-
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