ARTICLE VII – EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

Althea Joy Biason

Rio-Nicole Valdez
Jane Vinluan
Marina Sanchez
Mark JohnLloyd Gonzales
Roberto Villiarias III

Definition:
• Executive Department is the largest component of the national executive branch of the
government of the Philippines.
• Article VII stipulates the qualifications, duties and functions of the President and
Vice-President.

Qualifications:
• Natural born citizen of the Philippine
• Registered Voter
• Able to read and write
• At least forty (40) years of age on the day of the election
• A resident of the Philippines for immediately preceding such election
There shall be a Vice-President who shall have the same qualifications and term of
office and be elected with, and in the same manner, as the President. He may be
removed from office in the same manner as the President.

Term limits:
The President and the Vice-President shall be elected by direct vote of the people for a
term of six years which shall begin at noon on the thirtieth day of June next following the
day of the election and shall end at noon of the same date six years thereafter. The
President shall not be eligible for any re election. No person who has succeeded as
President and has served as such for more than four years shall be qualified for election
to the same office at any time.

Salary:
• President
Minimum salary: 411,382
Maximum salary: 423,723

• Vice President
Minimum salary: 325,807
Maximum salary: 374,678

Responsibilities of the president:

• Create issuances (executive orders, administrative orders, proclamations, memorandum orders,
memorandum circulars, and general or special Orders)

• Appoint heads of executive departments, ambassadors, military officials (rank colonel or naval captain
and above), members of the Judicial and Bar

• Council, members of the Supreme Court and lower courts, and chairpersons of the constitutional
commissions (Civil Service Commission, Commission on Elections, Commission on Audit)

• Appoint directors and assistant directors of bureaus, regional and assistant regional directors,
department service chiefs, or any equivalent positions as stated in the Constitution and the
Administrative Code of 1987

• Head the National Security Council

• Supervise all local governments

• Act as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines

• Suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, but only to persons charged with rebellion or
directly connected with invasion

• Place the whole or part of the Philippines under martial law, upon the approval of congress

• Grant reprieves, issue pardons, or remit fines/forfeitures after a judgement has been passed

• Grant amnesties with the concurrence of a majority of all the members of the Congress
• Contract or guarantee foreign loans on behalf of the country, with the approval of the Monetary Board

• Appoint undersecretaries and assistant secretaries of executive department upon the nomination of
the secretary of each department

• Veto any item in an appropriation, revenue, or tariff bill

• Submit a budget of expenditures and sources of financing to Congress as a basis for the general
appropriations bill

• Address Congress before or during the opening of its regular session

• Deport or decide the non-immigrant status of foreigners in the Philippines

• Direct the Solicitor General to acquire private property for public use (eminent domain)

• Direct the Solicitor General to acquire properties from deceased persons who have left no will and do
not have any legal heirs

• Direct the Solicitor General to recover the ill-gotten wealth of public officials or employees

• Certify the necessity of the enactment of a legislative bill to meet a public calamity or emergency

• Approve or veto all bills passed by Congress

Responsibilities of the vice president:

• Assume the position of the president in the event that the office becomes vacant

• Can be a member of the president's Cabinet without confirmation from the Commission on
Appointments

• Serve as an executive committee member in the National Security Council

Succession:

If the president’s office is vacated due to death, permanent disability, removal from office, or
resignation, the following persons will assume the office until a new president is elected:

1. president
2. Senate president
3. Speaker of the House of Representatives

Once the elected vice president assumes the presidency, he/she nominates a replacement VP with the
approval of the Commission on Appointments

Executive Department power:

Veto Power – An official power or right to refuse accept or allow something.

Executive Power – Having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect.

Power of appointment – The President shall have the power to make appointments during the recess of
the Congress, whether voluntary or compulsory, but such appointments shall be effective only until
disapproved by the Commission on Appointments or until the next adjournment of the Congress.

Power of removal – In case of death, permanent disability, removal from office, or resignation of both
the president and vice-president.

Power of control – Having the power to put plans, actions or laws into effect.

Military power – The president shall be the commander in chief of all armed – forces of the Philippines
and whenever it becomes necessary.

Pardoning power – it is one of the constituent powers of sovereignty. The power to pardon is not
created by constitutional provision or legislative enactment.

Borrowing power – The president may contact or foreign loans on behalf of the country with the prior
concurrence of the monetary board.

Diplomatic power – The president is the spokesperson of the nation or external affairs. He may deal with
foreign state and government, extend or withhold recognition, maintain diplomatic relations, enter into
treaties and transact business on foreign nations.

Budgetary power – The preparation of the governments budget every year is in accordance with the
provision of the Constitution which requires the president to submit a budget of expenditure and
sources.

Informing power – The president shall address congress at the of its regular session.

President Bong Bong Marcos Jr. and his platforms:

• Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr, commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a
Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines.

• Marcos is campaigning on improving the country's pandemic response and continuing the Duterte
administration's anti- insurgency campaign as well as its bloody campaign against illegal drugs but with a
focus on prevention, education, and rehabilitation.

Vice President Sara Duterte and her platforms:

• Sara Vicenta Zimmerman Duterte- Carpio, commonly known as Inday Sara, is a Filipino lawyer and
politician who is the 15th and current vice president of the Philippines.
• Sara Duterte aimed to shift the system of government to federalism to veer away from what she
derides as “imperial Manila,” a hark back to her father’s own campaign rhetoric. She was appointed as
Cabinet Secretary for Education under the Marcos Jr.’s administration.

Former presidents of the Philippines:

1. Emilio Aguinaldo (January 23, 1899 – March 23, 1901)

2. Manuel L. Quezon (1935-1944)
3. Jose P. Laurel (October 14, 1943 – August 17, 1945)
4. Sergio Osmeña Sr. (August 1, 1944 – May 28, 1946)
5. Manuel A. Roxas (May 28, 1946 – April 15, 1948)
6. Elpidio R. Quirino (April 17, 1948 – December 30, 1953)
7. Ramon Magsaysay Sr. (December 30, 1953 – March 17, 1957)
8. Carlos P. Garcia (March 18, 1957 – December 30, 1961)
9. Diosdado P. Macapagal (December 30, 1961 – December 30, 1965)
10. Ferdinand E. Marcos (December 30, 1965 – February 25, 1986)
11. Corazon C. Aquino (February 25, 1986 – June 30, 1992)
12. Fidel V. Ramos (June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1998)
13. Joseph E. Estrada (June 30, 1998 – January 20, 2001)
14. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (January 20, 2001 – June 30, 2010)
15. Benigno Aquino III (June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016)
16. Rodrigo Roa Duterte (June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2022)

Former vice presidents of the Philippines:

1. Sergio Osmeña (1935-1944)

2. Elpidio Quirino (1946-1948)
3. Fernando Lopez (1949 – 1953)
4. Carlos P. Garcia (1953-1957)
5. Diosdado Macapagal (1957-1961)
6. Emmanuel Pelaez (1961-1965)
7. Salvador Laurel (1986-1992)
8. Joseph Ejercito Estrada (1992-1998)
9. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1998-2001)
10. Teofisto Guingona (2001-2004)
11. Manuel “Noli” De Castro Jr (2004-2010)
12. Jejomar Binay (2010-2016)
13. Leni Robredo (2016 – 2022)