Checks and Balances
Name: Flores, Jabriel Zeth R.
Instruction: Write down the system checks and balances of each department.
Executive Department
Legislative Department
Judicial Department
Year and Section: 11B
Executive to Legislative
The president can veto the laws
passed by the legislative
department.
Legislative to Executive
The Philippine Congress can
approve or not approve the
extension of suspension of writ
of habeas corpus, the budget
made by the president, the
treaties that the president
joined, and the granting of
amnesty.
Judiciary to Executive
The judicial department can
declare a treaty, agreement,
and executive order or action
constitutional or
unconstitutional.
Date: 04/08/2022
Executive to Judiciary
The president as the head of the
executive department has the
power to appoint supreme court
justices.
Legislative to Judiciary
Since the legislative department
has a power of the purse to
make a budget, it can reduce
the budget given to the judiciary
branch.
Judiciary to Legislative
If a law written by the
legislative department is not
constitutional, the judiciary
branch can stop it from being
implemented.