MODULE 6

1. MODULE 6: The Executive
Branch of Government-The
Role of the Philippine
President

2. The Philippine Government
The government of a country exercises three
major functions: making of rules, implementation of
rules and adjudication or interpretation of rules in
settling disagreements. According to Garcia (2015),
in the Philippine context, the national government
consists of three co-equal, interdependent and
coordinated branches namely: The Executive for
rule implementation; The Legislative for rule-
making and; The Judiciary for rule-adjudication or
interpretation.

3. The primary role of the Executive branch
is to execute or implement laws. It is headed by
the President who is elected by direct popular
vote. The Constitution grants the President
authority to appoint his Cabinet. These
departments form a large portion of the
country’s bureaucracy.

4. The Legislative branch is authorized to
make laws, alter, and repeal them through the
power vested in the Philippine Congress. This
institution is divided into the Senate and the
House of Representatives.

5. The Judicial branch holds the power to
settle controversies involving rights that are
legally demandable and enforceable. It is
made up of a Supreme Court and lower
courts.

6. The Chief Executive of Government: The President
The official title of the president is the
“President of the Philippines” with honorific “Your
Excellency,” or “His/Her Excellency.” Garcia (2015)

7. Official residence
and office of the
President of the
Philippines is at
the Malacañang
Palace located in
the country’s
capital - Manila
City.

8. Article VII of the 1987 Philippine Constitution
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Section 2. No person may be elected President
unless he is a :
• natural-born citizen of the Philippines,
• a registered voter,
• able to read and write,
• at least forty years of age on the day of the election,
and
• a resident of the Philippines for at least ten years
immediately preceding such election.

9. Section 3. There shall be a Vice-President who
shall have the same qualifications and term of
office and be elected with, and in the same
manner, as the President. He may be removed
from office in the same manner as the
President.
The Vice-President may be appointed as a
Member of the Cabinet. Such appointment
requires no confirmation.

10. Section 4. The President and the Vice-
President shall be elected by direct vote of
the people for a term of six years which
shall begin at noon on the thirtieth day of
June next following the day of the election
and shall end at noon of the same date, six
years thereafter. The President shall not be
eligible for any re-election. No person who
has succeeded as President and has served as
such for more than four years shall be
qualified for election to the same office at any
time.

11. Section 8. In case of death, permanent
disability, removal from office, or resignation
of the President, the Vice-President shall become
the President to serve the unexpired term. In case
of death, permanent disability, removal from
office, or resignation of both the President and
Vice-President, the President of the Senate or, in
case of his inability, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, shall then act as President until
the President or Vice-President shall have been
elected and qualified.

12. Section 12. In case of serious illness of the
President, the public shall be informed of the
state of his health. The members of the
Cabinet in charge of national security and
foreign relations and the Chief of Staff of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines, shall not be
denied access to the President during such
illness.

13. Section 15. Two months immediately before the
next presidential elections and up to the end of his
term, a President or Acting President shall not
make appointments, except temporary
appointments to executive positions when
continued vacancies therein will prejudice public
service or endanger public safety.

14. Section 16. The President shall nominate and,
with the consent of the Commission on
Appointments, appoint the heads of the
executive departments, ambassadors, other
public ministers and consuls, or officers of the
armed forces from the rank of colonel or naval
captain, and other officers whose appointments
are vested in him in this Constitution.

15. Section 19. Except in cases of impeachment, or
as otherwise provided in this Constitution, the
President may grant reprieves, commutations,
and pardons, and remit fines and forfeitures,
after conviction by final judgment.
He shall also have the power to grant
amnesty with the concurrence of a majority of all
the Members of the Congress.

22. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.
1. The official title of our country’s chief executive is __________________.
2. One of the qualifications for election into the Office of the President is that
he/she must have resided in the Philippines for ________________(number of
years) before the election is held.
3. The number of years in a Philippine President’s term: _______________.
4. The _______________branch of the Philippine Government is authorized to
make laws.
5. The official residence and office of the Philippine’s chief executive is at
the___________________.
6. The ________________is the fundamental law of the land that requires the
President to take an oath prior to his/her assumption to office.
7. _________________years of age is the minimum requirement (at the day of
the election) to become the President of the Philippines.
8. One of the qualifications for election into the Office of the President is that
he/she is a _______________ born Filipino.
9. The _______branch of the Philippine Government is authorized to interpret
laws.
10.The Philippine President is elected through ___________________vote

23. IDENTIFICATION. Identify the power of the Philippine President described in
each item below.
11.The president as chief executive is responsible in carrying out government
decisions over all executive departments, bureaus, and offices.
12.As head of the State, the President is the chief diplomatic officer of the
country.
13.The President can call out the AFP to prevent or suppress lawless
violence, invasion or rebellion exercised through the Department of National
Defense.
14.The power to enforce and administer laws.
15.The power to appoint officials in the following positions: heads of executive
departments, members of the Constitutional Commissions, ambassadors,
public
ministers and consuls, officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
from the rank of colonel or navy captain.