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Politics of the Philippines
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Politics of the Philippines
The
Politics of the Philippines
take place in an organized framework of a
presidential
,
representative, and democratic
republic
whereby the
president
is both the
head of state
and the
head of government
within a
pluriform
multi-party system
. This system revolves around
three separate and sovereign yet interdependent branches
: the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch.
Executive power
is exercised by the
government
under the leadership of the president.
Legislative power
is vested in both the government and the two-chamber
Congress
: the
Senate
(the upper chamber) and the
House of Representatives
(the lower chamber).
Judicial power
is vested in the courts with the
Supreme Court of the Philippines
as the highest judicial body.
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