INSTRUCTOR:

Mr. Gregorio L. Yap

Political Self:
Establishing
Democratic
Culture
POLITICAL SELF
This chapter will provide us
an understanding on the
impact and influence to the
concept of self as well as the
rights and the responsibility
of every citizen in every
nation or society.
POLITICS
The ART and Science of
governance.

The process by which

group of people make
decissions.
Political Self:
Establishing
Democratic
Culture
 WHAT IS

-Is a form of government in which

the rulers are elected by the people.
-Is a form of government allows
people to choose their rulers.
 WHAT IS

-Comes from the Greek Word

(demokratia)”. It means
“people power”. Rules by the
people and for the people.
 WHAT IS

-Is a government of the people,

For the people and by the people.
-“DEMOS” =THE PEOPLE
-KRATOS= TO RULE
RULE by the PEOPLE
 WHAT IS

-Is the behavior, patterns,

beliefs and all other products of
a particular group of people that
are passed on from generation
to generation.
 WHAT IS

- Defined as the desire ability of

individuals in a population to
participate actively, individually
and together, to the government
a public affairs affecting them.
 WHAT IS
-the existence of a democratic culture
within a population is characterized by
the active contribution, effective
duration of members of civil society to
the development of the common good,
the terms of “LIVING TOGETHER” and
the construction of collective decisions.
 WHAT IS
- A democratic culture rest on the
existence with the persons of forms of
AUTONOMY of thought and action.
- The contribution of civil society
member is no limited to individual
plan.
 WHAT IS
- it requires the development of dynamic
interactions,
(structured or spontaneous) between
members of civil society and of adapted
forms to “act together” and co-
responsibility, for the construction and
maintenance of the common good.
Establishing a Democratic Culture
• Community
• Public good
• Empowerment

= to the development of
Democracy Agenda.
 Establishing a Democratic Culture

* Improve the political and social

environment and reduce poverty
through structural reforms in order
to foster a sense of community and
enable citizens to exercise their
rights and fulfill their obligations.
Establishing a Democratic Culture

* Continually re-examine societal

institutions responsible for value
formation so that they can
inculcate, rather than
indoctrinate democratic
citizenship values.
Establishing a Democratic Culture

* Incorporate cross-cultural activities

in public and private sector programs
including those of schools, churches,
NGO’s, to recognize ethnolinguistic
and culture diversity in the country
and encourage the sharing of
experiences.
Establishing a Democratic Culture

* Further promote the use of

Filipino and Philippine
languages in all transactions to
enable the articulation of
citizenship and democratic
views and values.
Establishing a Democratic Culture

* Continue to harness
institutional as well as
informal mechanisms that
open space for the exercise of
citizenship and democracy.
WHO WE ARE AS FILIPINOS?

CITIZENSHIP-
Membership in a political
society. Citizenship denotes a
reciprocal allegiance
between the member to the
state and
vice versa.
 WHO WE ARE AS FILIPINOS?

The 1987 Constitution

(Art. IV, Section 1) provides us
the list of those who are
considered Filipino
citizens.
WHO WE ARE AS FILIPINOS?

1. Those who are citizens

of the Philippines at
the time of the
adoption of the 1987
Constitution.
WHO WE ARE AS FILIPINOS?

2. Those whose
fathers
and mothers are
citizens of the
Philippines.
WHO WE ARE AS FILIPINOS?

3. Those born before January

17, 1987 of Filipino
mothers, who elect
Philippine citizenship
upon reaching the age of
majority.
WHO WE ARE AS FILIPINOS?

4. Those who are

naturalized in
accordance with
the law.
THE CITIZEN’S DUTIES and
RESPONSIBILITIES.
1. REGISTER and VOTE
2. UPHOLD the Constitution
and OBEY the laws.
3. RESPECT the Rights of
Others.
I BELEIVE “FREEDOM”
FACTORS THAT SUPPRESS OUR
FREEDOM

“Manahimik ka diyan”
“Huwag Kang Sumgot”

“Pagtanaw ng
Utang na Loob”
FACTORS THAT SUPPRESS OUR
FREEDOM

* FEAR OF
JUDGEMENT
ENVIRONMENT
* INFLUENCE OF
SOCIETY
Pag NAPALAYA mo ang
SARILI mo,
NAPAPALAYA mo ang
Ating BAYAN.
 Prepared by:
Maribel J. Mendoza