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    The document discusses elections and suffrage in the Philippines. It defines suffrage as the right to vote for qualified citizens. There are several types of elections mentioned, including regular elections to choose officials, plebiscites to ratify proposed laws or amendments, referendums to accept or reject laws, initiatives where citizens directly propose laws, and recalls to remove public officers from office before their term ends. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is established by the Constitution to enforce election laws and decide election contests.

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    The document discusses elections and suffrage in the Philippines. It defines suffrage as the right to vote for qualified citizens. There are several types of elections mentioned, including regular elections to choose officials, plebiscites to ratify proposed laws or amendments, referendums to accept or reject laws, initiatives where citizens directly propose laws, and recalls to remove public officers from office before their term ends. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is established by the Constitution to enforce election laws and decide election contests.

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    The document discusses elections and suffrage in the Philippines. It defines suffrage as the right to vote for qualified citizens. There are several types of elections mentioned, including regular elections to choose officials, plebiscites to ratify proposed laws or amendments, referendums to accept or reject laws, initiatives where citizens directly propose laws, and recalls to remove public officers from office before their term ends. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is established by the Constitution to enforce election laws and decide election contests.

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    Nature of Elections and

    Political Parties in the


    Philippines
    The Right of Suffrage
    Objectives :
    1. Describe the nature of elections in the Philippines.
    2. Identify the types of elections in the Philippines.
    Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines
    Article V-Suffrage Section 1 states that:
    Suffrage may be exercised by all citizens of the
    Philippines not otherwise disqualified by law, who are at
    least eighteen years of age, and who shall have resided
    in the Philippines for at least one year and in the place
    wherein they propose to vote for at least six months
    immediately preceding the election. No literacy,
    property, or other substantive requirement shall be
    imposed on the exercise of suffrage.
    Suffrage - is the right and obligation to vote of qualified citizens
    in the election of certain national and local officers of the
    government and in the decision of public questions submitted to
    the people.
    Nature of Suffrage
    (1) A mere privilege – Suffrage is not a natural right of the
    citizens but merely a privilege to be given or withheld by the law-
    making power subject to constitutional limitations.
    (2) A political right – Suffrage enables every citizen to participate
    in the process of government to assure that it can truly be said to
    derive its powers from the consent of the governed.
    The principle is that of one man, one vote.
    Scope of Suffrage
    Suffrage includes:
    1. Election – It is the means by which the people
    choose their officials for definite and fixed periods
    and to whom they entrust, for the time being as their
    representatives, the exercise of powers of
    government.
    2. Plebiscite – It is the name given to a vote of the people expressing
    their choice for or against a proposed law or enactment submitted to
    them. In the Philippines., the term is applied to an election at which
    any proposed amendment to, or revision of, the Constitution is
    submitted to the people for their ratification. Plebiscite is likewise
    required by the Constitution to secure the approval of the people
    directly affected before certain proposed changes affecting local
    government units may be implemented
    3. Referendum – It is the submission of a law or
    part thereof passed by the national or local
    legislative body to the voting citizens of a
    country for their ratification or rejection.
    4. Initiative – It is the process whereby the
    people directly propose and enact laws.
    5. Recall – It is a method by which a public
    officer may be removed from office during his
    tenure or before the expiration of his term by a
    vote of the people after registration of a petition
    signed by a required percentage of the qualified
    voters.
    It is also stated in the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the
    Philippines –Article IX –C the establishments of Commission on
    Elections (COMELEC. In Section 2 discusses the powers and
    functions of COMELEC:
    (1) Enforce and administer all laws and regulations relative to the
    conduct of an election, plebiscite, initiative, referendum, and recall.
    (2) Exercise exclusive original jurisdiction over all contests relating
    to the elections, returns, and qualifications of all elective regional,
    provincial, and city officials, and appellate jurisdiction over all
    contests involving elective municipal officials decided by trial courts
    of general jurisdiction, or involving elective barangay officials
    decided by trial courts of limited jurisdiction.

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