SOCIAL SCIENCE

Ms. MARYGRACE B. BARIBAD

WHO AM
I?
3 BRANCHES
OF THE
GOVERNMENT
UNLOCKING OF DIFFICULTIES:

 REPUBLIC
- a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and
which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
 GOVERNMENT
- the system by which a nation, state, or community is governed.
 STATE
- a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.
 LAW
- the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating
the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
 3 BRANCHES
OF THE GOVERNEMNT

 EXECUTIVE (Art. 7)
 LEGISLATIVE (Art. 6)
 JUDICIARY (Art. 8)
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
- the “law-making body”

Functions:
A. Enacts laws;
B. Repeal laws;
C. Amend laws; and
D. Has the authority to declare war
Composition:

House of Senate
- the “upper house”
- has 24 members; “Senators”
- 6 years of service

House of Representatives
- the “lower house”
- has 435 members; “Representatives”
- 3 years of service
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
- the “law-enforcing body”

Function:
A. Execute;
B. Enforce; and
C. Administer laws

*The executive power is vested upon the President.

Composition:

President
- 6 years of service
- serving as commander in chief of the armed forces
- head of the executive branch
- appoints (and may dismiss) his/her cabinet members
whom he/she presides over
- power to sign or veto legislation
Vice President

- 6 years of service
- The second highest official
- first in line to succession should the president resign, be
impeached or die in office

Cabinet

- Cabinet members serve as long as the president who

appointed them remains in office
- principal spokespersons for administration policy
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
- has the sole “power to interpret laws”

Functions:
A. interprets the meaning of laws
B. applies laws to individual cases; and
C. decides if laws violate the Constitution
Composition:

Supreme Court
-Judges and justices serve no fixed term — they
serve until their death, retirement, or conviction by the
Senate
-which has a Chief Justice as its head and 14 Associate
Justices, all appointed by the president on the
recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council
Other court types of courts of varying jurisdiction around the archipelago,
are as follows;
Lower Collegiate Courts
Court Of Appeals
Court Of Tax Appeals
Sandiganbayan
Regular Courts
Regional Trial Courts
Metropolitan Trial Courts
Municipal Trial Courts
Municipal Trial Courts In Cities
Municipal Circuit Trial Courts
Muslim Courts
Sharia District Courts
Sharia Circuit Courts
 WHO’S
GOT THE
INTRODUCE
S LAW
LEGISLATIVE
 DECLARES LAW
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
JUDICIAL
BILLS
INTO
LAWS
EXECUTIVE
DECLARE
S WAR
LEGISLATIVE
VETOES
BILLS
EXECUTIVE
VETOES
BILLS
JUDICIAL