POLITICS

Jonel Aedrian Juanillo

11 GAS- San Pedro Calungsod
POLITICAL PARTY
 An organization that seeks political power by electing
people in office so that its positions and philosophy become
public policy.
 A political organization that aims to attain and maintain
political power within government, usually by participating
in electoral campaigns.
 It is organizations that mobilize voters on behalf of a joint
set of interests, concerns, and goals.
 It is any aggrupation of persons who come together on how
well the best interest of the people might be served (ideal
definition according to Jeremy Bentham)
 It is any group providing label upon which candidates run
for public offices (practical definition)
HEYWOOD (2002) IN ACERON (2002), FOR HIS PART,
PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING LIST OF FUNCTIONS THAT
POLITICAL PARTIES MUST PERFORM:
1. Representation
- the capacity to respond and to articulate the views of both members and
voters.
2. Elite Formation and Recruitment
- to ability to mold the political elite tasked to govern the body politic.
3. Goal Formulation
- the development of programs of government with a view of attracting
popular support.
4. Interest Articulation and Aggregation
- the task of combining and harmonizing different demands and
expressing them into coherent policy formulation.
5. Socialization and Mobilization
- the information of a national agenda and the creation of public
discourse to raise political awareness and build the necessary values and
attitudes that would constitute a larger political culture.
ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT
THE POWER GIVEN TO A POLITICAL PARTY THAT GAINS THAT NECESSARY VOTES TO
FORM GOVERNMENTAL ELITE, FILLING ADMINISTRATIVE POSTS WITH ELEMENTS FROM
THE PARTY RANK

Article VII- Executive Department

o Section 1.
The executive power shall be vested in the President of the
Philippines.
Executive Power- power to administer laws, carry them into
practical operation and enforce their due observance.

 Section 2.
No person may be elected President unless he is a natural-born
citizen of the Philippines, a registered voter, able to read and
write, at least forty years of age on the day of the election, and a
resident of the Philippines for a least ten years immediately
preceding such election.
 Section 3.
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.

 Section 4.
The President and the VP shall be elected…for a term of six
years. The President shall not be eligible for any reelection. No
person who has succeeded as President and have served as such
for more than four years shall be qualified for election to the same
office at any time. No Vice-President shall serve for more than
two consecutive terms. The Supreme Court… shall be the sole
judge of all contests relating to the election… of the President and
VP.

Term of Office
 refers to the period during which an officer may claim to hold the
office as a matter of right.
 Tenure of Office
 the period during which the incumbent holds the position.

 Section 8.
In the case of death, permanent disability, removal from office, or
resignation of the President, the Vice-President shall become the
President to serve the unexpired term.

In the case of death, permanent disability, removal from office, or

resignation of both the President and Vice-President, the
President of the Senate or, in the case of his inability, the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, shall then act as President until
the President or Vice-President shall have born elected and
qualified.

 Section 9.
Whenever there is a vacancy in the Office of the Vice-President
during the term for which he was elected, the President dhall
nominate a Vice-President from among the Members of the
Senate and the House of Representative.
 Section 10.
The Congress shall… after the vacancy in the offices of the
President and VP occurs, convene… and enact a law calling for a
special election to elect a President and VP.
 Section 13.
The President, the VP, the Members of the Cabinet… shall not,
unless otherwise provided in the Constitution, hold any other
office or employment during their tenure. They shall not…
practice any other profession, participate in any business or be
financially interested in any contract with the Government.

The spouse and relatives by consanguinity or affinity within the

fourth civil degree of the President shall not during his tenure be
appointed as members of Constitutional Commissions or the
Office of the Ombudsman, as Secretaries or Heads of bureaus or
offices.