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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL DIVISION OF PASAY CITY

MODULE IN PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Quarter 2 / Week 5 / Day 1

What I Need to Know

OBJECTIVE: Discuss the constitutional foundations, qualifications and term of office of the
president and the vice president.

What’s New

4 PICS 1 WORD
DIRECTIONS: Supply the missing letters using the four pictures provided below. Write your answer on the
blank spaces provided.

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What is It

CONSTITUTIONAL UNDERPINNINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE POWER

1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

Article VII Section 1: The executive power shall be vested in the President of the
Philippines.

The executive power is vested on the President. Whatever is not judicial, whatever is not legislative, is
residual power exercised by the President (Marcos v. Manglapus, G.R. No. 88211, October 27, 1989).

The President has residual power protect the general welfare of the people. It is founded on the duty of
the President as steward of the people.

EXECUTIVE POWER – it is the power to enforce and administer the laws (Secs. 1 and 17, Art. VII).

RESIDUAL POWER – it is a power borne by the President’s duty to preserve and defend the
Constitution. It may also be viewed as a power implicit in the President’s duty to take care that the laws
are faithfully executed.

QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT

1. Natural-born citizen of the Philippines

o The phrase natural-born citizen simply means “citizen at birth.”

o In short, one must be a Filipino citizen from the time of his or her birth without applying for
naturalization or any other processes intended for acquiring Filipino citizenship.

2. Registered voter

o This is to re-affirm the citizenship of a person who wants to become a president.

o One of the requirements for election registration is that the applicant must be a Filipino citizen.

3. Able to read and write

o This requirement involves functional literacy that reflects the person’s competency in governing
the State.

o The 1987 Constitution does not include education requirement (i.e. college graduate) to avoid
discrimination in the underprivileged class of society

4. At least forty (40) years of age on the day of the election

o Based on the 1935 Constitution, the presidential age requirement must be 40 years old and
above. In the 1973 Constitution, the age requirement was increased from 40 to 50 years to
ensure the person’s maturity. However, in the 1987 Constitution, it was brought back to 40
years old and above on the day of the election.

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5. Resident of the Philippines for at least ten (10) years immediately preceding such election

o The 1987 Constitution sets the number of years of permanent residency in the Philippines.
o The rationale behind this requirement is to ensure that the candidate is familiar with the
economic and political condition in the Philippines.
o It can be said that this requirement is not absolute. The candidate may go abroad within the
period of 10 years provided that he has the intention to go back and reside in the Philippines.

THE VICE PRESIDENT ALSO HAS EXECUTIVE POWER

o The Vice President shall be elected in the same manner of electing the President. The Vice
President, just like the President, has a six year term of office. However, unlike the President,
he is permitted to be re-elected for the same government position for two successive terms.

o The Vice President MAY be appointed by the President as a member of the Cabinet. Moreover,
in case of death, permanent disability, removal from office or resignation of the president, the
vice president shall serve the unexpired term. He or she is first in the line of succession to the
Philippine presidency.

o But other than succession, nothing in the Constitution indicates the specific role or duties that
the vice president will serve.

TERM OF OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT

o The President and the Vice President shall be elected by the people (direct vote) for six (6)
years.

There are different types of elections: regular and special.

Regular – Second Monday of May, every six years (in case of presidential and vice-presidential
elections)

Special

a. In cases of death, permanent disability, removal from office or resignation of both President
and Vice President.
b. Vacancies occur more than eighteen (18) months before the next regular presidential
election.
c. A law passed by Congress calling for special election to elect a President and Vice
President to be held not earlier than 45 days nor later than 60 days from the time of such
call.

o The President shall NOT be eligible for any re-election. No person who has succeeded as
President and has served as such for more than four (4) years shall be qualified for election to
the same office at any time.
o No Vice-President shall serve for more than 2 consecutive terms (Sec. 4 (2), Article VII of the
Philippine Constitution).

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What’s More

VENN DIAGRAM
DIRECTIONS: Using the Venn diagram below, identify the shared features and differences between
residual power and executive power.

RESIDUAL POWER EXECUTIVE POWER

What I Have Learned

1. According to Article VII Section 1 of the 1987 Constitution, the executive power is vested in the
President.
2. Executive power is a power to enforce and administer the laws.
3. Residual power is a power borne by the President’s duty to preserve and defend the
Constitution.
4. The following are the qualifications of the President and Vice President: (a) natural-born citizen of
the Philippines, (b) registered voter, (c) able to read and write, and (d) at least forty years of age
on the day of the election.
5. The President and the Vice President shall be elected by the people for six (6) years.
6. There are two types of elections: regular and special.

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What I Can Do

DIRECTIONS: From the blank spaces provided below, compose a short letter addressed to
President Rodrigo Duterte as the President of the Philippines telling him some points or tips on how
to exercise his residual and executive powers during the time of CoViD-19 pandemic. Write the
letter as if you are talking to him personally.

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Assessment

TRUE OR FALSE
DIRECTIONS: Write T if the statement is true; otherwise write F.

1. Executive power refers to a power to administer and enforce laws. ________

2. The set of qualifications of the president is different from that of the vice-president. ________
3. The President and Vice-President shall be elected by the people for four (4) years. ________
4. There are two types of presidential and vice-presidential elections: regular and irregular.
________
5. According to the Constitution, the executive power is vested in the President. ________

References
1987 Philippine Constitution
Marcos v. Manglapus, G.R. No. 88211, October 27, 1989

Prepared By:
JEREMIAH DAVID GADDI
Pasay City South High School

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL DIVISION OF PASAY CITY

MODULE IN PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Quarter 2 / Week 5 / Day 2

What I Need to Know

OBJECTIVE: Explain the following powers of the president: executive and appointment.

What’s New

KWL MATRIX
DIRECTIONS: Accomplish the first two columns. The last column will be answered after all content
and text materials have been discussed.

Topic: EXECUTIVE AND APPOINTMENT POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT

What I know What I want to know What I have learned

___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________

____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________

___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________

____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________

What is It

1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

Article VII Section 15: Two months immediately before the next presidential elections and
up to the end of his term, a President or Acting President shall not make appointments,
except temporary appointments to executive positions when continued vacancies therein
will prejudice public service or endanger public safety.

Article VII Section 17: The President shall have control of all the executive departments,
bureaus, and offices. He shall ensure that the laws be faithfully executed.

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EXECUTIVE POWER

o As mentioned earlier, the executive power is a power to enforce and administer laws.
According to Article VII Section 17 of the Constitution, the President shall have control of
all executive departments, bureaus and offices. He shall ensure that laws are faithfully
executed.

o Power of administrative reorganization – the President has the continuing authority to

reorganize the national government, which includes the power to group, consolidate
bureaus and agencies, to abolish offices, to transfer functions, to create and classify
functions, services and activities and to standardize salaries and materials.

o Until and unless a law is declared unconstitutional, the President has a duty to execute it
regardless of his doubts as to its validity. This is called the faithful execution clause.

APPOINTMENT POWER

There are three kinds of presidential appointments. These are:

o Appointments made by an Acting President

o Midnight appointment – appointment made by a President within two months before the
next presidential elections and up to the end of this term (Art. VII Sec. 15)

❖ In the case entitled De Castro v. JBC, the Supreme Court held that the prohibition
does not extend to the appointment to the members of the Supreme Court. Had the
framers intended to extend the prohibition contained in Section 25, Article VII to the
appointment of Members of the Supreme Court, they could explicitly done so. They
would have easily and surely written the prohibition made explicit in Section 15 as
being equally applicable to the appointment of members of the Supreme Court.

o Regular presidential appointment, with or without confirmation by the Commission on

Appointments or “recess or ad interim appointments.”

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o Differences between Ad Interim and Regular Appointments

AD INTERIM APPOINTMENT REGULAR APPOINTMENT

It is an appointment made by the President It is an appointment made by the President
while the Congress is in session. It takes while the Congress is not in session. It
effect only after confirmation by the takes effect immediately but ceases to be
Commission on Appointments. Once the valid if disapproved by the Commission on
same is approved, it continues until the Appointments or upon the next
end of the term of the President. adjournment of Congress.

o Composition of the Commission on Appointments

The powerful Commission on Appointments is composed of the following:

• Twelve senators and twelve members of the House of Representatives, elected by

each HOUSE on the basis of proportional representation from the political parties
and parties and organizations registered under party-list system therein. Example of
the formula is indicated below

𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 (𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚

𝒙 𝟏𝟐 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒔
𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 (𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒐𝑹)

• Senate President acts as the ex officio chairman. In case of a tie, the ex officio
chairman shall not vote.

The following are government officials that need the consent of the Commission on
Appointments.

• Heads of executive departments – note that the appointment of Vice-President as

member of the Cabinet requires NO confirmation. (Article VII Section 3 (2))
• Ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls
• Officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from the rank of colonel or naval
captain
• Officers whose appointments are vested in him by the Constitution

It should be highlighted that this power comes with the power of removal and power of
control. Let us discuss the aforementioned powers in detail.
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Power of Removal Power of Control

General rule: This power is implied from It is the power of the President to alter,
the power to appoint. modify, nullify, or set aside what a
subordinate has done in the performance
Exception: Those appointed by him where of his duties and to substitute his judgment
the Constitution prescribes certain to that of the former.
methods for separation from public service
(i.e. impeachment like the justices of the Doctrine of qualified political agency or
Supreme Court, etc.) alter ego principle – all executive and
administrative organizations are adjuncts
of the executive department, the heads of
the various executive offices (i.e.
Department of Education, Department of
Public Works and Highways) and the acts
of the Secretaries of executive
departments when performed and
promulgated in the regular course of
business or unless disapproved or
reprobated by the President, are
presumptively the acts of the President

What I Have Learned

DIRECTIONS: Complete the table by writing the appropriate answer.

POWER EXERCISED BY WHOM? SHORT DEFINITION

Power of Administrative
Reorganization

Ad Interim Appointment

Regular Appointment

Power of Control

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What I Can Do

DIRECTIONS: Write the things you have learned in this module (they can be words or phrases that
struck you while reading the text. Place those things inside the circle, rectangle and triangle.

EXECUTIVE POWER

APPOINTMENT POWER

POWER OF REMOVAL AND

CONTROL

Assessment

KWL MATRIX
DIRECTIONS: Complete the matrix below. Write your answers on the space provided.

Topic: EXECUTIVE AND APPOINTMENT POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT

WHAT I KNOW WHAT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

References
1987 Philippine Constitution
De Castro v. JBC (G.R. No. 191002, April 20, 2010)

Prepared By:
JEREMIAH DAVID GADDI
Pasay City South High School

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL DIVISION OF PASAY CITY

MODULE IN PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Quarter 2 / Week 5 / Day 3

What I Need to Know

OBJECTIVE: Explain the following powers of the president: military, pardoning, borrowing.

What’s New

DIRECTIONS: Identify which powers of the Chief Executive/President that are being
illustrated below. Write your answers on the spaces provided.

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What is It

KEY CONCEPTS
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS – it is used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before the
court to determine if the person’s imprisonment or detention is lawful

INVASION – a situation when an army or country uses force to enter and take control of
another country

REBELLION – a violent action organized by a group of people who are trying to change
the political system in the country

AMNESTY – an act of grace, concurred in by the legislature, usually extended to classes

or persons who committed political offenses which puts into oblivion the offense itself

MILITARY POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT

The following concepts have something to do with the exercise of the military powers of the
Chief Executive (President of the Philippines) according to Article VII Section 18 of the 1987
Constitution. Let us discuss them in detail below.
o What is the “Commander-in-Chief” Clause”?
• To call out the Armed Forces (meaning the military and police) to prevent or
suppress lawless violence, invasion or rebellion.
• The conditions of “actual invasion or rebellion” AND “public safety requires it” need
not concur before the President may exercise its “calling out power.” The only
criterion is that “whenever it becomes necessary”, the President may call the armed
forces “to prevent or suppress lawless violence, invasion or rebellion.” (SANLAKAS
v. Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 159085, February 3, 2004)
o The President may suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
• A writ of habeas corpus is used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before the court
to determine if the person’s imprisonment or detention is lawful. A habeas petition
proceeds as a civil action against the State agent (the officer who arrested such
person) who holds the defendant in custody.
• Grounds for suspension for the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus are INVASION
or REBELLION.
• The suspension applies only to persons facing charges of rebellion or offenses
inherent in or directly connected with invasion.
• Persons arrested must be charged within 3 days, if not, they must be released.
• Open Court Doctrine – civilians cannot be tried by military courts if the civil courts
are open and functioning.

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PARDONING POWER
Generally speaking, this power is discretionary and may not be controlled by the legislature
or reversed by court, unless there is a constitutional violation. In granting the power of
executive clemency upon the President, the Constitution does not distinguish between
criminal and administrative cases.
o Limitations of the Pardoning Power
• Cannot be granted in cases of impeachment
• Cannot be granted in violations of election laws without the favorable
recommendation of the COMELEC
• Can be granted only after conviction by final judgment (except amnesty)
• Cannot be granted in cases of legislative contempt or civil contempt
• Cannot absolve convict of civil liability
• Cannot restore public offices forfeited
• A grant of amnesty must be with the concurrence of a majority of all the Members of
Congress
o Classifications of Pardon
• Conditional pardon – in the nature of a contract between the President and the
convicted criminal; by the pardonee’s consent to the terms stipulated in the contract,
the pardonee has placed himself under the supervision of the President or his
delegate (representative) who is duty bound to see to it that the pardonee complies
with the conditions of the pardon
• Absolute pardon – does not impose any condition upon the pardonee and is
complete even without the necessity of acceptance
o Amnesty – presupposes the commission of a crime and thus an accused cannot avail of
the benefits of amnesty if he continues to profess innocence
o The following summarizes the differences between amnesty and pardon:
AMNESTY PARDON
Political offenses Infraction of peace/common crimes
Granted to classes of persons Granted to individuals
Requires concurrence of Congress Does not require concurrence of Congress
It is a public act to which court may take Private act which must be pleaded and
judicial notice proved
Looks backward and puts into oblivion the Looks forward and relieves the pardonee of
offense itself the consequence of the offense
May be granted even before trial Can be granted only after conviction

o Other forms of executive clemency/pardon:

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• Commutation – reduction or mitigation of penalty (ex: from five year imprisonment, it

will be reduced to two years)
• Reprieve -postponement of sentence or stay of execution
• Parole – release from imprisonment, but without full restoration of liberty, as parolee
is in the custody of law although not in confinement
• Remission of fines and forfeiture – merely prevents the collection of fines or the
confiscation of forfeited property; it cannot have the effect of returning property
which has been vested in third parties or money already in public treasury

BORROWING POWER
o The President may contract or guarantee foreign loans on behalf of the Republic with the
concurrence of the Monetary Board, subject to such limitations as may be provided by
law.
o The Monetary Board shall submit to Congress report on loans within 30 days from end of
every quarter.

What I Have Learned

1. The Commander-in-Chief clause means that the President has the power to call out the
Armed Forces to prevent or suppress lawless violence, invasion or rebellion.
2. The President may suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.
❖ A writ of habeas corpus is used to bring a prisoner or other detainee before the court
to determine if the person’s imprisonment or detention is lawful.
3. Open court doctrine – civilians cannot be tried by military courts if the civil courts are
open and functioning.
4. Pardoning power is discretionary and may not be controlled by the legislature or
reversed by court, unless there is a constitutional violation. There are two classifications
of pardon:
4.1 Conditional – the pardonee has placed himself under the supervision of the President
or his delegate (representative) who is duty bound to see to it that the pardonee
complies with the conditions of the pardon
4.2 Absolute – does not impose any condition upon the pardonee and is complete even
without the necessity of acceptance
5. Acceptance – presupposes the commission of a crime and thus an accused cannot avail
of the benefits of amnesty if he continues to profess innocence
6. Other forms of pardon include: commutation, reprieve, parole, remission of fines and
forfeiture
7. The President may contract or guarantee foreign loans on behalf of the Republic with the
concurrence of the Monetary Board, subject to such limitations as may be provided by
law.

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What’s More
NEWSPAPER CLIPS/INTERNET ARTICLES SEARCH
DIRECTIONS: Search the Internet (or if you do not have access to the internet you may
use old newspapers (from March 2020 up to the present) and look for the articles that
illustrate the exercise of military, pardoning and borrowing powers of President Rodrigo
Duterte. Write your answers on the blank spaces provided below. You may seek the
assistance of your parents/siblings to accomplish this activity.

MILITARY POWER PARDONING POWER BORROWING POWER

Assessment

FILL IN THE BLANKS

DIRECTIONS: Choose from the box below the correct word that would make the statement
correct.
1. _________________ is a reduction or mitigation of penalty.
2. _________________ presupposes the commission of a crime and thus an accused
cannot avail its benefits if he continues to profess innocence.
3. A situation when an army or country uses force to enter and take control of another
country is called _______________.
4. The ________________ clause refers to calling out the Armed Forces to prevent or
suppress lawless violence, invasion or rebellion.
5. Civilians cannot be tried by military courts if the civil courts are open and functioning
under ________________.

AMNESTY INVASION OPEN COURT DOCTRINE

COMMUTATION COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

References
1987 Philippine Constitution
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/invasion

Prepared By:
JEREMIAH DAVID GADDI
Pasay City South High School

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL DIVISION OF PASAY CITY

MODULE IN PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Quarter 2 / Week 5 / Day 4

What I Need to Know

OBJECTIVE: Explain the other powers of the President.

What’s New

WORD SEARCH
DIRECTIONS: Complete the Word Search Puzzle. Encircle the words that you think are
included in the discussion of this lesson. Use the clues provided below.

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What is It

1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

Article VII Section 21: No treaty or international agreement shall be valid and
effective unless concurred in by at least two-thirds of all the Members of the
Senate.

Article VII Section 22: The President shall submit to the Congress within thirty
days from the opening of every regular session, as the basis of the general
appropriations bill, a budget of expenditures and sources of financing, including
receipts from existing and proposed revenue measures.

Article VII Section 23: The President shall address the Congress at the opening
of its regular session. He may also appear before it any other time.

OTHER POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT

o Diplomatic Power
❖ The power to ratify is vested in the President, subject to the concurrence of the
Senate. The role of the Senate, however is limited only to giving or withholding its
consent, or concurrence, to the ratification. Hence, it is within the authority of the
President to refuse to submit a treaty to the Senate or, having secured its consent
for its ratification, refuse to ratify it. Although the refusal of a state to ratify a treaty
which has been signed in its behalf is a serious step that should be taken lightly,
such decision is within the competence of the President alone.
❖ The President is the sole organ of the nation in its external relations and its sole
representative with foreign nations.
❖ Other foreign affairs powers:
• The power to make treaties
• The power to appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls
• The power to receive ambassadors and other public ministers duly accredited to
the Philippines

o Budgetary Power
❖ Within 30 days from the opening of every regular session, President shall submit to
Congress a budget of expenditures and sources of financing, including receipts from
existing and proposed revenue measure.
❖ Congress may not increase the appropriation recommended by the President for the
operation of the Government as specified in the budget.

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o Informing Power
❖ The President shall address Congress at the opening of its regular session. He may
also appear before it at any other time.

o Other powers
❖ Call Congress to a special session.
❖ Approve or veto bills.
❖ Deport aliens.
❖ Consent to deputization of government personnel by COMELEC.
❖ Discipline such deputies.
❖ General supervision over local government units and autonomous regional
governments.

General supervision – mere overseeing of subordinates to make sure that they do

their duties under the law but does not include the power to overrule their acts, if
these acts are within their discretion.

❖ Immunity from suit during his tenure is deemed implied in the Constitution. The
immunity does not extend to non-official acts or for wrongdoing. The choice of
whether to exercise the privilege or to waive it is solely the President’s prerogative.
Such immunity from suit pertains to the President by virtue of the office; not by any
other person in the President’s behalf.
❖ By delegation from Congress, exercising emergency and tariff powers.

Conditions for the Exercise of the President of the President of Emergency Powers:

1. There must be a war or national emergency.

2. There must be a law authorizing the President to exercise such emergency
powers.
3. Exercise must be for a limited period.
4. Must be subject to restrictions that Congress may provide
5. Exercise must be necessary and proper to carry out a declared national policy.

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What’s More

D.I.Y. COMIC STRIPS

DIRECTIONS: Draw illustrations showing how the Chief Executive/President of the
Philippines exercises his diplomatic, budgetary, and informing powers (you can choose one
among the three discussed powers today).

What I Have Learned

1. The power to ratify is vested in the President, subject to the concurrence of the Senate. The role
of the Senate, however, is limited only to giving or withholding its consent, or concurrence, to the
ratification. Hence, it is within the authority of the President to refuse to submit a treaty to the
Senate or, having secured its consent for its ratification, refuse to ratify it.

2. The President is the sole organ of the nation in its external relations and its sole representative
with foreign nations.

3. Within 30 days from the opening of every regular session, President shall submit to Congress a
budget of expenditures and sources of financing, including receipts from existing and proposed
revenue measures.

4. The President shall address Congress at the opening of its regular session. He may also appear
before it at any other time.

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Name: ____________________________________________________ Track/Strand: _______________

Teacher: ___________________________________________________ Grade Level: _______________

Assessment

FILL IN THE BLANKS

DIRECTIONS: Choose from the box below the correct word that would make the statement correct.

1. The _______________ power of the President enables him or her to address Congress
at the opening of its regular session. He or she may also appear before it at any other
time. Informing

2. The choice of whether the President can exercise the privilege of immunity from
___________ is his/her sole prerogative. Suit

3. Under the ___________ power, the President is the sole organ of the nation in its
external relations and its sole representative with foreign nations. Diplomatic

4. _____________ supervision refers to mere overseeing of subordinates to make sure that

they do their duties under the law but does not include the power to overrule their acts, if
these acts are within their discretion. General

5. Within _____________ days from the opening of every regular session, President shall
submit to Congress a budget of expenditures and sources of financing, including receipts
from existing and proposed revenue measures. 30

GENERAL 30 INFORMING

SUIT DIPLOMATIC

Reference:
1987 Philippine Constitution

Prepared By:
JEREMIAH DAVID GADDI
Pasay City South High School

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