HUMSS- PHILIPPINE POLITICS- WEEK No. 7 - Mr. ARNOLD V.

DE CASTRO

- very autonomous since Filipinos had

almost complete control only over those
CONTINUATION- PHILIPPINE DEMOCRATIC POLITICS involving foreign affairs.

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LESSON 4: GOVERNMENTS DURING AMERICAN LESSON 5: GOVERNMENTS DURING JAPANESE
REGIME OCCUPATION

Particulars Significant Information

Particulars
1. Military Government
2. Civil Government
3. Commonwealth Government
Significant Information
- President of US was the Commander-
in-Chief and his authority was delegated
to the military governor who exercised all
powers of government
- Civil-Governor- was the President of
the Philippines and the head of the
Philippine Commission which was the
sole lawmaking body
- 1907 to 1916- Philippine Commission
became the Upper House while
Philippine Assembly became the Lower
House
- Philippines was represented in the US
by 2 Resident Commissioners but
without the right to vote.
- pursuant to the Tydings-McDuffie Law
which provided for transition within 10
years
- it was Republican and presidential
- legislative power was first vested in
unicameral National Assembly and later
to a bicameral Congress
-judicial power was vested with Supreme
Court and other lower courts
1. Military Administration - established after the sovereignty of the
US over the Philippines was declared
terminated
2. Philippine Executive Commission - a civil form of government which
exercised both the executive and
legislative powers
- laws enacted were subject to the
approval of Commander-in-Chief of
Japan
- judiciary remained as it where in the
Commonwealth BUT it was without
independence
3. Japanese -sponsored Republic of the - Jose P. Laurel was the President
Philippines - same character as the Philippine
Executive Commission
- the ultimate source of authority was the
Japanese Military authority
LESSON 6: PREVIOUS PHILIPPINE REPUBLICS
1. Joint Resolution No. 93- US President authorized the proclamation of Philippine
independence on July 4, 1946
➢ 1935 Constitution- became the fundamental law

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2. a. First Republic- was established under the Malolos Constitution;
b. Second- under the Japanese-Sponsored Constitution
c. Third- under the 1935 Constitution
d. Fourth- under the 1973 Constitution which installed a modified parliamentary
system of government thus making Ferdinand Marcos its first President
e. Present Republic- upon the ratification of2 the 1987 Constitution.
LESSON 7: PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF 1986
- After the People Power, Former President Corazon C. Aquino read Proclamation No.
1 declaring that she and her Vice President were taking power in the name and by the
will of the Filipino people expressed in the Snap Election.
Particulars Significant Information
1. Revolutionary - it’s instituted not in accordance with the
existing Constitution
2. De jure/ De facto - De Jure- founded in accordance with
existing Constitution or law
- De facto- not founded in accordance
with Constitution but has general support
of people
- Note: A de facto government acquires
a de jure status when it gains wide
acceptance from the people and
recognition from community of nations
- APPLICATION: at the start, the
revolutionary government was illegal
because it’s not founded based on the
Constitution, thus de facto. BUT it
acquired a de jure status since it had a
public acceptance and support from all
foreign governments
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3. Constitutional and transitory - provisional government was not a
purely revolutionary one but a hybrid
constitutional revolutionary government
because it was a revolutionary
government governing under a
provisional constitution the people could
invoke to protect their rights and welfare.
4. Democratic - because the provisional government
was installed by direct action of the
people
5. Powers - a revolutionary government being a
direct creation of the people, derives its
powers from the people
ACTIVITY NO. 5:
Create in your mind an observation of the existing scenarios in our
present Philippine government. Then, identify, as many as you can, the
similarities and dissimilarities that our present government have as
compared with the governments that existed during the a.) Pre-Spanish
Period; b.) Spanish period, c.) Revolutionary Era; d. American Regime;
and e.) Japanese occupation. You may present your output in a tabular
form. Your grade will be based on the number of similarities and
dissimilarities you spotted and the originality of your work. Avoid copy and paste.
You can make it in a Word document in any format with file name (your Last Name,
First Name, Middle Initial) which you may sent to my email address
(arnolddecastro888@gmail.com) or directly to my Facebook messenger (Arnold Villena
De Castro) for confidentiality.
You can also write your output manually in a clean sheet of paper, take a photo/s of
said output and send the photo/s to the above- mentioned email address or Facebook
messenger.
DEADLINE: ON OR BEFORE 11:59 pm, OCTOBER 16, 2020.
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