Presentation by Group 7

G12 HUMSS-PSALMS
Samantha Claire Butuyan
Daniella Joyce Ferrer
Analyn Laza
Jamella Joy Sino Cruz
Bonifacio Manzano
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 Section 20, Article VII
of the 1987 Constitution

Pertains to the power to

contract or guarantee loans
in the name of the Republic
of the Philippines.
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 Limitations
• There must be a prior concurrence of
the monetary board.
• It is subject to such other
limitations provided by the congress
through “Legislative Enactments”.

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 • The Monetary Board exercises the powers and
functions of the BSP, such as the conduct
of monetary policy and supervision of the
financial system.
• The chairman is the BSP Governor with
five full members from the private sector
and one member from the cabinet.

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 When do the president use this power?
• The President uses this power every time the
government need a big amount of money for
government projects and in case of
calamities.
• The government can borrow from private
sectors and other countries.
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 Example of execution of Borrowing Power
Duterte Administration borrowed an estimated
$167 billion from China for the
infrastructure buildings under the slogan
Build, Build, Build.

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 Result of executing
of Borrowing Power
• The Philippines’ debt is currently at $123 billion
and with the additional $167 billion borrowed from
Chinese Government, the total debt will increase to
$290 billion with interest not yet included.
• Analyst projected that by 10 years, the debt will
increase to trillion dollars. The initial debt of
$167 billion would increase to $452 billion which put
Philippines’ debt GDP ratio to 197% - second-to-
worst in the world.
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