Includes the three branches of the Philippine government and its functions - Executive, Legislative and Judiciary.

1. THREE BRANCHES OF
PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT
BY: KURT NICOLO E. OGATIS

3. Branches of Government
1. Executive Branch
2. Legislative Branch
3. Judicial Branch

5. EXECUTIVE BRANCH
• Carries out and enforces laws.
• It is composed of the President and theVice President who are
elected by direct popular vote and serve a term of six years.
• The Constitution grants the President authority to appoint his
Cabinet.

6. Duties of the Executive Branch:
• carry out laws
• enforce laws

7. The President
• The President leads the country.
• He/she is the head of state, leader of the
national government, and Commander in
Chief of all armed forces of the Philippines.
• The President serves a six-year term and
cannot be re-elected.

8. President
Rodrigo “Rody” Roa
Duterte

9. TheVice President
• TheVice President supports the
President.
• If the President is unable to serve, the
Vice President becomes President.
• He/she serves a six-year term.

10. Vice President
Maria Leonor “Leni”
Robredo

11. The Cabinet
• Cabinet members serve as advisors to the
President.
• They include theVice President and the heads of
executive departments.
• Cabinet members are nominated by the President
and must be confirmed by the Commission of
Appointments.
• It is headed by a Cabinet Secretary

12. Cabinet Secretary
Leoncio “Jun”
Evasco Jr.

14. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
• Authorized to make laws, alter,
and repeal them through the
power vested in the Philippine
Congress.
• This institution is divided into
two houses:
Senate (Upper House)
House of Representatives
(Lower House)

15. Duties of the Legislative Branch:
• enact legislation
• confirm or reject Presidential appointments
• has the authority to declare war

16. The Senate
• The Senate shall be composed of
twenty-four (24) Senators who
shall be elected at large by the
qualified voters of the Philippines,
as may be provided by law.

17. SENATORS (2013-2019)

18. SENATORS (2016-2022)

19. The House of Representatives
• The House of Representatives shall be composed of not
more than two hundred and fifty members, unless
otherwise fixed by law.
• They shall be elected from legislative districts
apportioned among the provinces, cities, and the
Metropolitan Manila area in accordance with the number
of their respective inhabitants, and on the basis of a
uniform and progressive ratio, and those who, as
provided by law, shall be elected through a party-list
system of registered national, regional, and sectoral
parties or organizations.

20. • The party-list representatives shall constitute twenty per cent of
the total number of representatives including those under the
party list.
• For three consecutive terms after the ratification of this
Constitution, one-half of the seats allocated to party-list
representatives shall be filled, as provided by law, by selection or
election from the labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous cultural
communities, women, youth, and such other sectors as may be
provided by law, except the religious sector.

21. REPRESENTATIVES OF ILOILO
Garin, Oscar
Jr. S.
(1ST
DISTRICT)
Gorriceta,
Arcadio H.
(2nd
DISTRICT)
Biron,
Ferjenel G.
(4th
DISTRICT)
Defensor,
Arthur Jr.
R.
(3rd
DISTRICT)
Tupas, Raul
C.
(5th
DISTRICT)
Treñas,
Jerry P.
(ILOILO
CITY, LONE
DISTRICT)

23. JUDICIAL BRANCH
• Evaluates laws.
• It holds the power to settle controversies involving rights that
are legally demandable and enforceable.
• This branch determines whether or not there has been a grave
abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on
the part and instrumentality of the government.
• It is made up of a Supreme Court and lower courts.

24. Judicial power
• includes the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual controversies
involving rights which are legally demandable and enforceable, and to
determine whether or not there has been a grave abuse of discretion
amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of any branch or
instrumentality of the Government.The judicial branch interprets the
meaning of laws, applies laws to individual cases, and decides if laws violate
the Constitution.

25. Duties of the Judicial Branch:
• interpret the meaning of laws
• apply laws to individual cases
• decide if laws violate the Constitution.

26. THE SUPREME COURT
• The Supreme Court of the Philippines is the highest court in
the country.
• It is presided over by a Chief Justice and is composed of fifteen
(15) Justices, including the Chief Justice.
• Pursuant to the Constitution, the Supreme Court has
"administrative supervision over all courts and the personnel
thereof“.

28. THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT