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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Section 1. The executive power shall
be vested in the President of the
Philippines.
Section 2. No person may be elected
President unless he is a natural-born
citizen of the Philippines, a registered
voter, able to read and write, at least
forty years of age on the day of the
election, and a resident of the
Philippines for at least ten years
immediately preceding such election.
Section 3. There shall be a VicePresident who shall have the same
qualifications and term of office and
be elected with, and in the same
manner, as the President. He may be
removed from office in the same
manner as the President.
The Vice-President may be appointed
as a Member of the Cabinet. Such
appointment requires no confirmation.
Section 4. The President and the VicePresident shall be elected by direct
vote of the people for a term of six
years which shall begin at noon on the
thirtieth day of June next following the
day of the election and shall end at
noon of the same date, six years
thereafter. 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
years shall be qualified for election to
the same office at any time.
No Vice-President shall serve for more
than two successive terms. Voluntary
renunciation of the office for any
length of time shall not be considered
as an interruption in the continuity of
the service for the full term for which
he was elected.
Unless otherwise provided by law, the
regular election for President and VicePresident shall be held on the second
Monday of May.
The returns of every election for
President and Vice-President, duly
certified by the board of canvassers of
each province or city, shall be
transmitted to the Congress, directed
to the President of the Senate. Upon
receipt of the certificates of canvass,
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b. Working procedure
Justice Isagani Cruz, in his book on International
Law, describes the treaty-making process in this
wise[23]:
The usual steps in the treaty-making process are:
negotiation, signature, ratification, and exchange
of the instruments of ratification. The treaty may
then be submitted for registration and
publication under the U.N. Charter, although this
step is not essential to the validity of the
agreement as between the parties.
1. Negotiation may be undertaken directly by the
head of state but he now usually assigns this task
to his authorized representatives. These
representatives are provided with credentials
known as full powers, which they exhibit to the
other negotiators at the start of the formal
discussions. It is standard practice for one of the
parties to submit a draft of the proposed treaty
which, together with the counter-proposals,
becomes the basis of the subsequent
negotiations. The negotiations may be brief or
protracted, depending on the issues involved,
and may even collapse in case the parties are
unable to come to an agreement on the points
under consideration.
In the Philippines, the negotiation phase of the
treaty making process is essentially performed