The Executive Branch of The Government) : Activity No. 3 QUIZ Sept. 16, 2020
The Executive Branch of The Government) : Activity No. 3 QUIZ Sept. 16, 2020
The Executive Branch of The Government) : Activity No. 3 QUIZ Sept. 16, 2020
3 QUIZ
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___1. The first constitution of the Philippines, the Malolos Constitution, did not provide
for a Vice President of the Philippines.
___2. Article VIII, Section 1, of the 1987 Constitution vests executive power on the
President of the Philippines.
___3. The President of the Philippines is elected by direct vote by the people for a term
of eight years.
___4. The Office of the President of the Philippines was abolished after the capture of
Aguinaldo, and ceased to exist until the inauguration of the Philippine Commonwealth in
1935.
___5. President Laurel was elected in 1946 as the third President of the Philippine
Commonwealth, first President of the independent Republic of the Philippines, and the
fifth President of the Philippines.
___6. President Ferdinand E. Marcos became the last President of the Third Republic
when he declared martial law in 1972, while the 1973 Constitution suspended the 1935
Constitution, he only formally proclaims the “New Republic”—the Fourth—in 1981.
___7. The powers of the President of the Philippines are specifically outlined
in Executive Order No. 292, s. 1988, otherwise known as the Administrative Code of
1988.
___8. Cabinet secretaries act as the alter ego of the President executing, with his
authority, the power of the Office of the President in their respective departments.
___9. According to the constitution, the vice president may concurrently assume a
cabinet position should the President of the Philippines offer the former one.
___10. According to the Article 7, Section 16, the President may appoint anyone to
executive departments with the consent of the Commission on Appointments.
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