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Baque, Erica
Castro, Genalyn
Belarmino, Shirley
Cabasan, Elaiza
THE
LEGISLATIVE
Legislative power
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➜ Thelegislative branch is
made up of the House and
Senate, known collectively
➜ Article VI,Section 1 of the
as the Congress.
1987 Constitution provides
that the power to enact
➜ Thelegislative branch
law is vested in the
creates the law which the
PHILIPPINE CONGRESS.
executive implements and
which the judiciary
interprets. This is known as
the legislative power.
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The Philippine Congress
The country has a bicameral legislature because the Congress is
comprised of two chambers. The following summarizes the composition
of the congress, and the qualifications, election and terms of office of its
memebers, based on the provisions of the 1987 constitution.
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Senate House of
Representatives
Composition 24 250
Elected at large (or By district
Manner of Election nationwide) by proportional
qualified v oters representation and
by party-list systems
6 years 3 years
Term of Office
Maximum Term of two consecutiv e 3 consecutiv e
Office terms terms
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SENATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
At least 35 years old At least 25 years old
Registered Voter Registered v oter in the district
(except in the party-list)
Able to read and write Able to read and write
Natural-born citizen Natural-born citizen
Resident of the Philippines for
not less than 2 years Resident of the district for not
less than a year
➢ Arcticle VI of the constitution also prov ides for
priv ilages of and prohibitions on the members of
the congress.
➢ Say for instance, It’s member shall receiv e a fixed
compensation as determined by law (section 10)
➢ And they shall be giv en privilage from arrest
when the Congress is in session, unless the
offence they committed is punishable by more
than 6 years of imprisonment (section 11)
➢ The members are required by the law to prov ide
full disclosure of their financial and business
interest (section 12)
➢ They are also prohibited from holding any other
office or employment in the gov ernment (section
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➢ And restricted from appearing as counsel before
any court of justice or electoral tribunal (section
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The law making process and 8
legislative performance
6. Transmital of
Process of how a bill approved bill to the
becomes a law: other house
1. Preparation of the 7. Conference
bill committee
2. First reading 8. Submission of the bill
3. Committee to the president
consideration action 9. Presidential action on
4. Second reading the bill
5. Third reading
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A bill is known as a
proposed law. It can
originate from other
house of the Philippine
Congress.
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The member of the congress shall be the only
judge of all contests related to the election,
returns, and qualification of their respective
members, through the house and senate electoral
tribunals. The senate shall also have the sole
power to decide on all cases of impeachment by
two-thirds. The Congress may also punish its
meber for disorderly behaviour (arcticle VI,
Section 16)
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If the bill is vetoed, it is transmitted
to the house where it originated
together with the message of the
president citing the reason for the
bill's disapproval. The congress may
decide to override the veto of the
president. If two-thirds of the
members in each house vote to
override the veto, then the bill
becomes a law.
How well does the Philippine congress perform in relation to
passing laws and solving issues and problems the country faces?
If the congress does not
pass legislations to quickly
➜ The logic is basic:
addressed issues, then it is
Societal problems not true to its mandate. If
need to be the congress does not
addressed in the pass laws that represent
quickest way the interests of the people
possible using the it claims to stand for, then
most viable strategy republican democracy has
or manner. failed.
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Guidelines in Writing a Bill
1. The following questions must be
considered in preparing a bill:
a. What does the bill intend to solve? What
problems does the bill plan to address?
(you have to do a comprehensive research)
b. Why is such considered a problem? What are
the indicators that such problem exists?
c. What do current legislations say about this
problem, if there are any? Are there policy gaps?
(In this case, your bill can propose to amend an
existing law, if not repeal it.)
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Guidelines in Writing a Bill
2. For purposes of adhering to House rules,
follow the format of how a bill is written
by looking at some examples at the Web site
of the House of Representatives
(www.congress.gov.ph)
Issues, Challenges,
and Prospects
The Philippines, apart from it being a
unitary and presidential system, is also
a representative or republican
democracy.
This means that Whether or not After all, how
the people or the the elected repre well the
electorate sentatives serve congress
choose as a functional concretizes the
individuals who link between the interests of the
will represent citizens and the people through
their interests government is an laws is a
in the halls of the important measure of the
government. concern. institution's
ability to be true
to its mandate.
Essential Learning
➜ Important issues
➜ Under a like poverty,
presidential system criminality, welfare,
of government, the social equality, and
three branches of economic
the government development are
exercise separate addressed through
powers from each these laws or
other. policies
The structure and composition of the
congress also has a definite role to play
in this prospect.
The issues of patronage, presence of
political dynasties, and exclusivist
character haunt the Philippine
Legisature.
The restored Philippine congress
following EDSA People Power in 1996 is
faced with several challenges, including
the prospect of institutional reform.
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