PHILIPPINE

POLITICS AND
GOVERNANCE
REY COLIN F. ANTICAMARA
TEACHER
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HERE ARE
OUTSIDE SOME
REMINDER
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PHYSICAL DISTANCING IS A MUST

WASH YOUR HANDS WITH EITHER

SOAP OR ALCOHOL
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IF ITS INDOOR) SOME
REMINDER
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ALWAYS EAT HEALTHY FOODS

ALWAYS PRAY TO GOD

 THE ROAD SO FAR…
FIRST QUARTER
DEFINITION AND OVERVIEW OF POLITICS
POLITICAL IDEOLOGY
POWER (NATURE, KINDS, AND CONSEQUENCE…)
NATION, STATE, AND GLOBALIZATION
EVOLUTION OF PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND
GOVERNANCE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
 REVIEW ACTIVITY

DIRECTIONS: Write GOVERNMENT

if the statement is TRUE and
POLITICS if it is FALSE.
1. The role of the Legislative branch of government is to
make bills, resolution, and budget for the state.
Ans: GOVERNMENT
2. According to the 1987 Constitution, a person who wishes
to run a seat in the Senate is a Filipino citizen by birth, able to
read and write, a resident of the Philippines and at least 25
years of age.
Ans: POLITICS

3. The symbol for a lawmaker/solon is a sword

Ans: POLITICS
4. According to the Philippine Constitution though the
president is able to appoint cabinet secretary but it is up
to the Committee on Appointment to approve the
position
Ans: GOVERNMENT

5. It is the decision of the President if the state should go to

war or not.

Ans: POLITICS
In a nutshell…
The Legislative branch or camara/house is
composed of two (2) parts namely: the Upper
House (Senate) and the Lower House (Congress)

The Senate President is the leader of the Upper

house while the Speaker of the House is the
head of the lower house
The Congress or House or Camara
has the power to pass the bill, have
budgets, approve/reject
appointments endorsed by the
president, declare War, approve the
plea of the president with regards
to Martial Law
In a nutshell…
The Senator has a broader coverage of power
as compared to the house of representative

House of representatives can be taken from

district, province, city, and partylist
 INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY:
WHO AM I?

DIRECTIONS: Guess who this personality.

 A. RENATO CORONA

B. DIOSDADO PERALTA

C. HILARIO DAVIDE JR.

D. MARIA LOURDES SERENO

A. RENATO CORONA

E. ALEXANDER GESMUNDO
 A. RENATO CORONA

B. DIOSDADO PERALTA

C. HILARIO DAVIDE JR.

D. MARIA LOURDES SERENO

D. MARIA LOURDES SERENO

E. ALEXANDER GESMUNDO
 A. RENATO CORONA

B. DIOSDADO PERALTA

C. HILARIO DAVIDE JR.

D. MARIA LOURDES SERENO

C. HILARIO DAVIDE JR.

E. ALEXANDER GESMUNDO
 A. RENATO CORONA

B. DIOSDADO PERALTA

C. HILARIO DAVIDE JR.

D. MARIA LOURDES SERENO

B. DIOSDADO PERALTA

E. ALEXANDER GESMUNDO
 A. RENATO CORONA

B. DIOSDADO PERALTA

C. HILARIO DAVIDE JR.

D. MARIA LOURDES SERENO

E. ALEXANDER GESMONDO

E. ALEXANDER GESMUNDO
 C h ie f J u s t ic e
Alexander Gesmundo

Chief Justice
Diosdado Peralta
Chief Justice
Maria Lourdes Sereno
Chief Justice
Renato Corona

Chief Justice
HIlario Davide Jr.

JUDICIAL BRANCH
MOST ESSENTIAL
LEARNING
COMPETENCY
(MELC)

Analyze the roles

and responsibilities
of the Philippine
Judiciary System
 Objectives: at the end of the
topic the following are
expected to be able to:

• Discuss the roles and responsibility of the

Philippine Judiciary System;
• Analyze the justice system of the
Philippines; and
• Critique current justice system of the
administration.
 UNLOCKING OF DIFFICULTIES

• QUO WARRANTO:a writ or legal action requiring a person

to show by what warrant an office or franchise is held, claimed,
or exercised.
• Certiorari latin word “to be informed of” also the name given
to certain appellate proceedings for re-examination of actions of a
trial court, or inferior appeals court.
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• MANDAMUS: ESSENTIAL REQUISITES FOR ISSUANCE OF THE WRIT; LEGAL RIGHT

MUST BE CLEAR AND COMPLETE.

• is a judicial remedy in the form of an order from a court to any government, subordinate
court, corporation or public authority, to do (or forbear from doing) some specific act which that
body is obliged under law to do (or refrain from doing), and which is in the nature of public duty,
and in certain cases one of a statutory duty.

HABEAS CORPUS a writ requiring a person under

arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to
secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for
their detention
 ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 1 OF THE 1987
CONSTITUTION
The judicial power shall be vested in one Supreme Court and in
such lower courts as may be established by law.

It 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 independence of the Philippine judiciary is
manifested in the following:
1. Creation of the Judicial and Bar Council
2. Expanded Power of Judicial Review
3. Fiscal Autonomy of the Judiciary
4. Power to review proclamation of martial law and the
suspension of the writ of habeas corpus
5. Security of tenure of the judges
6. The Supreme Court as judge in presidential election
1. Structure, Organization, and
Composition of the Judiciary
Trial Courts
Review courts

• Supreme Court • Regional Trial Courts

• Court of Appeal • Metropolitan Trial
Courts,
• Municipal Trial Courts,
Supreme Court SANDIGANBAYAN
Highest court of the land
Special Court which shall have the
jurisdiction over criminal and civil
cases involving graft and
corruption practices by public
Court of Appeals officers and employees (including
government owned and GOCC)

Reviews decisions of Regional Trial

Court, Court of Tax Appeals Court of Tax Appeals

Review on appeal on civil tax cases

and those criminal in nature
Shari’a Court

For Muslim
The Supreme
Court
1. Exercise original jurisdiction over cases affecting
ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and
over petitions for certiorari, prohibition, mandamus,
quo warranto, and habeas corpus
2. Review, Revise, reverse, modify, affirm on appeal or
certiorari as the Rule of Court may provide final
judgments and order of lower courts in:
The Supreme
Court
1. All cases in which the constitutionality or validity of any treaty,
international or executive agreement, law, presidential decree,
proclamation, order, instruction, ordinance, or regulation is in
question.
2. All cases involving the legality of any tax, impost, assessment,
or toll,
or any penalty imposed in relation thereto.
3. All cases in which the jurisdiction of any lower court is in issue.
4. All criminal cases in which the penalty imposed is reclusion
perpetua or higher.
5. All cases in which only an error or question of law is involved
The Supreme
Court
3. Assign temporarily judges of lower courts to other stations as
public interest
may require. Such temporary assignment shall not exceed six
months without
the consent of the judge concerned

4. Order a change of venue or place of trial to avoid a miscarriage of

justice
5. Promulgate rules concerning the protection and enforcement of
constitutional rights, pleading, practice, and procedure in all courts,
the admission to the practice of law, the integrated bar, and legal
assistance to the underprivileged. Such rules shall provide a
simplified and inexpensive procedure for the speedy disposition of
cases, shall be uniform for all courts of the same grade, and shall
not diminish, increase, or modify substantive rights. Rules of
procedure of special courts and quasi-judicial bodies shall remain
effective unless disapproved by the Supreme Court

6. Appoint all officials and employees of the Judiciary in accordance

with the Civil Service Law.
Section 6: Provides that the Supreme Court shall have
administrative supervision overall courts and the personnel thereof

Judicial and Bar Council Court of Administrator

Philippine Judicial Philippine Mediation

Academy Center
Section 8: Creation of Judicial and Bar Council is hereby created
under the supervision of the Supreme Court with the following as
members:

A representative from
Chief Justice ex officio
Integrated Bar of the
chairman
Philippines

Representative of
Professor by law
Congress as members

Retired member of the Private sector

Supreme Court representative
 2. Qualification, Term of Office,
Appointment and Removal of
Members of Judiciary
Article VIII Section 7 Paragraph 1 of the 1987
Constitution

• Natural-born Filipino Citizen

• At least 40 years old
• Must have been for 15 years or more a judge of
a lower court or engaged in the practice of law
in the Philippines
• Of proven competence, integrity, and probity