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| Government System? How does the government system work in Philippines? Is it similiar to USA? How does it differ? |
| It is republic. They elect a president every 6 years. I think Joseph Estrada is the current president. I would like to know more about Joseph Estrada. |
| Ahhha I see, thanks for the information :) I googled up Joseph Estrada for you, and found a wikipedia page. Looks like he is not the current president, his role as president ended in 2001 it seems. Here's the link! |
| The government of the Philippines is organized as a presidential-unitary republic, where the President functions as head of state, the head of government, and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The president is elected by popular vote to a 6-year term, during which he or SHE appoints and presides over the cabinet of secretaries. "Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the current President." Check out the Wikipedia listing (link below) for a photo of this fine looking woman! Now.. the Philippines sure beats the U.S.A. where they can't even elect an ugly women President muchless a beauty queen! |
| govermental system philippine and us. |
| Oh yeah Gloria is a fine woman. I could not think about the raisin on her face or is that a fly? |
| The current President of the Philippines is Gloria-Macapagal Arroyo, her 6 year term as the President of the Republic of the Philippines will end at 2010, not unless she cooked up some scheme to make her power last long but with all the opposing senators she will not be able to pull a charter change from republican to federal. |
| The political system in the Philippines is currently republic which can obviously be seen on their monetary paper unit, "Republika ng Pilipinas" - The Republic of the Philippines. By definition Republic means: A republic is a state or country that is not led by a hereditary monarch, [1][2] in which the people (or at least a part of its people)[3] have an impact on its government.[4][5] The word 'republic' is derived from the Latin res publica which can be translated as "public thing". More can be read here: |
| The Republic of the Philippines law-makers (or breakers) comprises of a bicameral committee: The house of representatives and the senate. The house of representatives comprises of almost three hundred of more senate whom represents their various districts (or region in the Philippines). |
| I know Philippines to have a woman President. The two systems of government would have been strikingly similar had Hillary Clinton been elected President, don't you think? The political scene in the country is being felt to be dismal and disturbing. The fate of the country hangs on some sort of precarious balance. Corruption is rife with many of the key players being as crooked as a dog's hind leg. Then again, which country in the globe cannot be said to be corrupt? |
| The president of a country represents the whole nation. therefore, if the said president has a bad reputation, the whole country suffers the same shame. perhaps it would be best if the current president of the philippines decides not to run again for the 2010 elections... Indeed, most countries in the globe are corrupt. But wouldn't it be an honor if the change starts in our country? |
| There is another impending danger that threatens the democracy of the Republic of the Philippines and this is the Charter Change or Cha-Cha which is being pushed by the Gloria Arroyo congressmen. They sugarcoat the ChaCha with lies and deceit just for it to be passed but the Philippine senators have seen through their lies and will never support a change of constitution from being a democratic into a parliamentary form of government, and guess whose the prime minister, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. |
| Actually Vanni, the current president of the Philippines will not run again for president in the next election. According to their law a president could just have a maximum of two terms and she already serving her second term despite of the fact that she'd just assumed the position of former president Joseph Estrada reign. It is still counted as one term and the 2nd term was when she was re-elected on the last 2004 presidential election. |
| There a very long history of the government structure of the Philippines. Maybe because too many outside influences affected its flow and flaws of development. I found a good resource about the Philippines government structure and its history, its from the "Ronald E. Dolan, ed. Philippines: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1991", on the link. You could also see some facts about the Country on the website |
| The government has gone through a dictatorship government system under the late-Ferdinand Marcos which gave democracy back to the Filipino people, but the political killings didn't stop after that. There are still allegations after allegations of missing student activists which has allegedly ordered by the President but up to this moment these are yet to be proven. Guess the Philippines needs a new face, new ideals, just like the USA on Obama. |
| I really have a serious lack of respect for government as well as for politics, in general. These people fight and battle so hard to take over, and to reach to the top of the chain, but when they do fully understand what has happened, the power hunger begins to strike at their tummy and the struggle ensues. This is when serious problems become embedded issues, such as, disregard for the poor, sky high bank accounts, betterment only for the government party, and not necessarily for the country, in general. |
| There is a HUGE difference between the government in the Philippines and in the US. |
| Indeed, the politics in the United States and in the Philippines have a very huge difference. If only the people around the globe knows how the politicians in that Asian country is, maybe they will be very thankful on what they have. Politics, politics, politics, is it still possible that this sector be clean of stupid, power abusing officials? I guess, time can only tell on when this day would come. |
| I would imagine that the politics in most places in the world would be a lot different than it is in the Philippines. There is an easy, universal answer to the very touchy politics issue which exists, and this answer would be that it is simply as selling one's soul. |
| Selling souls is reaching a bit far Eve, don't ya think? Maybe life isn't all about the stories that we've heard or the things that we know, but more so what we do right now, and what is coming next. |
| I have to agree on that Curtis, sometimes people are just thinking negative over several things in life. Well, I think the politics in the Philippines is surely not that good, but there are also some politicians who are still true to themselves and into the people, but the sad part is that those good politicians are few in number. Most of the leaders in this country are corrupt and businessmen. |
| So that is how the politics in the Philippines is, I have heard that there are lots of not so honest politicians in this country and I can say that it shows as poverty rate in this country is one of the highest. Is there somethings to make the system turn upside down? Now that the Philippines is coming closer to its election, what will happen next? Good day people. |
| "Different in system?"
Wether we accept or not, government system in Philippines is very different in US. |
| "Antipolo CIty: the tarp attack"
Campaign time for local candidates officially kicked off last 26 March. By then, it left very limited space for tarpaulins or posters to be posted since the national candidates already occupied nearly every conceivable area to display those ‘Great Image” smiles and punch-lines over their tarps. There ought to be something wrong with a split rule on when to begin campaign. And what’s this intervening no ‘campaign day’ on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday? That is not even to speak of earlier posters, streamers, or tarpaulins hang just everywhere even before COMELEC allows them until one day the Supreme Court totally abandoned any claim of premature campaigning. From both ends of the process, the City is adorned with a colorful array of posters and tarpaulins that makes it difficult to know which candidates are running where. The confusion soon settles down when local candidates go on foot or on wheels making rounds. Not few candidates are making their debuts – new emerging players in the dirty political field called local politics. The old politicians, ‘trapos’ call them that, literally covered the entire visual horizon with just their own posters or tarps. Perhaps, we can say that Antipolo City is a tarp-covered city in this corner of the region. What’s in a poster or tarp anyway? Offhand, posters do not replace accomplishments. They cease to carry their usual patronizing appeal. Totally, they cease to exude meaning or exhibit anything of value to the reported 315, 661 registered voters of Antipolo City. In other words, if the incumbents did a good job, what need is there to over-advertise as if no one in the City knows who you are and in which positions you are running. To my mind, it does not make sense at all. On the other hand, some space should have been reserved for upcoming candidates. COMELEC always speaks of common posters area when in fact barangay halls do not permit space for candidates their rivals. This is crazy. Barangay captains are overzealous even over-jealous to have to see posters or tarpaulins of candidates not belonging to their party. But Almonte always talks of ‘levelling the playing field’. How could it be? This time, the picture or the poster in that specific context no longer paints a thousand words. More so with those incumbents who did not do their work to the satisfaction of the electorate who put them in their office. This is what makes this upcoming election cycle one imbued with much moral and social significance. The next three years in our collective life as Antipoleńos should be one decided upon platforms being offered not those fake, ‘plastic’ smiles and motherhood punch-lines printed over their posters or tarpaulins. I contend that voters in Antipolo City ought to have learned few lessons in our voting history and pattern. As always, we should base our decision beyond mere personal choice but on some scientific gauge such as knowing the person based on his academic and professional background, record of achievements, and platform of government. Just these three criteria would suffice in determining fitness to the job. It is hoped, this time around, there would be no ‘midnight sale’ of votes or local politics would have turned out to be a ‘multi-million investment’. In any event, whose money are all these anyway but from the taxpayers? The new emerging faces in local politics, to my mind, offer the best alternative if only voters let their decision count by holding them sacred. Votes should not be for sale! Otherwise, vice-presidentiable Edu Manzano would have been right as when he said “kung gusto mong manalo, doon ka sa Antipolo tumakbo”. What does that thought really imply? I hate to think that the votes of the Antipolo electorate are within the ‘commerce of men’, men with entirely quite an unethical design if only to win. This time, just for this time, let us think of our collective future. Let us go for those who can offer a no-nonsense three-year program for the poor. After all, some 50% to 60% of the population of Antipolo are the C, D, E classes in our Great Social Divide. As your congressional candidate in the First District, I will be a pair of hand helping reduce poverty, my reason for running. Support this cause!* ____________ *PRIMER PAGUNURAN is running for Congress in the 1st District of Antipolo City |
| "When a DILG secretary plays partisan politics?"
When a DILG secretary plays partisan politics It challenges reflection why the Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government, has to go out of his way, to openly endorse in public a mayoralty candidate in the City of Antipolo at a huge assembly of people held at the Antipolo Ynares Center during one campaign sortie. Is this part of the official acts of one appointed in government and paid taxpayers’ money? This ought to be an ethical question deserving of answer. Apparently, the good secretary dangled like carrot the plan to put up the Antipolo City Hospital as the justification why the people should vote for the incumbent mayor’s Team which of course includes a younger brother running for congressman as a re-electionist. That is really hitting two birds with one stone, doesn’t it? Perhaps all we can say is that ours is a democracy where anyone can say his piece, both in private or public capacity. But then again, there are simply unwritten rules in every civilized society that somehow restrain one such that he should then act with a modicum of caution when seen in public, more so if openly endorsing one mayoralty candidate as though stamping his imprimatur along purely partisan lines. Thus, that nearly if not all barangay captains and city councilors are under one political banner and therefore unite and stand behind the incumbent mayor’s bid for the mayoralty to the extent that the good secretary unabashedly raises call for the people in the assembly to unite and vote for the endorsed Team – really should be taken with a grain of salt. It is my belief that it behooves upon a cabinet secretary, a DILG secretary in this case, to act with some degree of propriety in matters that concern a particular geo-political setting. Or let me just quote what the good DILG secretary said (Antipolo Star), to wit: “Ang hindi ko maintindihan ay sa dami ng taon ng paglilingkod ng katunggali natin dito sa halalan na ito, hindi man lang pumasok sa ulo nila na ang pangangailan n gating mga kababayan ay ang kalusugan nating lahat. Aanhin pa ang edukasyon, aanhin pa ang iyong buhay kung walang kalusugan an gating kababayan?”. Certainly, it is great proposal to put up an Antipolo City Hospital in this place in the CALABARZON. Problem is, had the first steps been really taken during the good secretary’s watch when he was a Congressman? Signs indicate that not even during the term of his younger brother congressman have steps been taken toward the establishment of an Antipolo City Hospital but on the contrary, a congressional action in this direction has been initiated by the rival mayoralty candidate who is a congressman. So, this might reduce to a case of “look who’s talking”, doesn’t it? Just where is the beef? May 10 is just around the corner and more people I believe can discern truth behind platitudes or pure rhetorics. Perhaps, they can fool some of the people some of the time – definitely not all of the time. It .bears watching what the scene and scheme will be if they ever get elected by the people. |
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