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Professor Abdul Jalil Tanggote
MPA, Bukidnon State University
DECENTRALIZATION
Philippine Government
As of December 2015
81 provinces
145 cities
1496 municipalities
Republican form
President
ArticleVII,Section1,ofthe1987Constitutionvests
executive power onthe President of the
Philippines.The President is the Head of
StateandHead of Government, and functions as
thecommander-in-chiefoftheArmedForcesofthe
Philippines. As chief executive, the President
exercises control over all the executive
departments,bureaus,andoffices.
Vice President
According to the constitution, the vice president may
concurrently assume a cabinet position should the
President of the Philippines offer the former one.
The vice president will become a secretary
concurrent to the position of vice president.
Aside from the cabinet post, the vice president is
mandated to assume the presidency in case of the
death, disability, or resignation of the incumbent
President.
The Cabinet
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.
The number of cabinet secretaries varies from time to time depending on the
need of an administration. According to the Administrative Code of 1987, the
President of the Philippines may create or dissolve any department as he sees
fit.
12.Secretary of Labor and Employment
1. Executive Secretary
13.Secretary of National Defense
2. Secretary of Agrarian Reform
14.Secretary of Public Works and Highways
3. Secretary of Agriculture
15.Secretary of Science and Technology
4. Secretary of Budget and Management
16.Secretary of Social Welfare and
5. Secretary of Education
Development
6. Secretary of Energy
17.Secretary of the Interior and Local
7. Secretary of Environment and Natural
Government
Resources
18.Secretary of Trade and Industry
8. Secretary of Finance
19.Secretary
of
Transportation
and
9. Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Communications
10.Secretary of Health
20.Secretary of Tourism
Local Government
The executive branch extends beyond the
national government. According to Article X,
Section 4 of the constitution, the President of
the Philippines is mandated to supervise local
governments all over the country. However,
because of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise
known as the Local Government Code of
1991, local governments enjoy relative
autonomy from the national government.
Decentralization
*is
3 forms of decentralization
Among the social services and facilities that local government should provide, as stipulated in
Section 17 of the Local Government Code, are the following:
facilities and research services for agriculture and fishery activities, which include
seedling nurseries, demonstration farms, and irrigation systems;
health services, which include access to primary health care, maternal and child care, and
medicines, medical supplies and equipment;
social welfare services, which include programs and projects for women, children, elderly,
and persons with disabilities, as well as vagrants, beggars, street children, juvenile
delinquents, and victims of drug abuse;
information services, which include job placement information systems and a public
library;
slaughterhouses,
and
other
local
public cemetery;
tourism facilities and other tourist attractions; and
sites for police and fire stations and substations and
municipal jail.
Local government units also have the power to create its own
sources of revenue and to levy (impose) taxes, fees, and
charges/fines that shall accrue exclusively to them.
Challenges
Each local government has its own chief executive. The following is
the list of local chief executives:
Punongbarangay
The punong barangay, as the chief executive of the barangay
government, shall exercise and perform the following powers
and functions:
1.enforce
Municipalandcitymayors
The municipal mayor and city mayor, as the chief executive of the municipal
government and city government, respectively, shall exercise and perform
the following powers and functions:
1. Exercise general supervision and control over all programs, projects,
services, and activities of the municipal or city government:
1. determine the guidelines of municipal policies and be
responsible to the Sangguniang Bayan or Panlungsod for the
program of government;
2. direct the formulation of the municipal or city development
plan;
3. at the opening of the regular session of the Sangguniang
Bayan or Panlungsod, present the program of government
and propose policies and projects for consideration;
4. initiate and propose legislative measures to the Sangguniang
Bayan or Panlungsod;
Provincialgovernors
The provincial governor, as the chief executive of the provincial government, shall
exercise and perform the following powers and duties:
1. Exercise general supervision and control over all programs, projects, services,
and activities of the provincial government:
1. determine the guidelines of municipal policies and be responsible to the
Sangguniang Panlalawigan for the program of government;
2. direct the formulation of the provincial development plan;
3. at the opening of the regular session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan,
present the program of government and propose policies and projects for
consideration;
4. initiate and propose legislative measures to the Sangguniang
Panlalawigan;
5. represent the province in all its business transactions and sign on its
behalf all bonds, contracts, and obligations, upon authorization by the
Sangguniang Panlalawigan;
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