Week 8: The executive Flashcards
defined as the power granted to the executive branch to execute or enforce the laws through the inherent powers of the state
executive power
When Vice-President Shall Become President:
- Death
- Permanent disability
- Removal from office
The hierarchy of government officials who will take over the presidency if there are no president and vice-president
- The Senate president
- The Speaker of the House
- The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
those made while the congress is in session
regular appointment
appointments made by the president while the congress is not in session
ad interim appointment
For the chief executive to manage and control the departments under his/her power, the president executes two duties:
- The Power Of Appointment.
2. The Power of Removal
Executive Function/Power:
- Appointment and removal of cabinet secretaries
- Implementation of laws passed by Congress
- Representing the Philippines in the international community and foreign affairs
- Command of the armed forces
Pardoning Power
- Executes the spending authorized by Congress
- Executes the instructions of Congress when it declares war or make rules for the military
Veto Power
- Executive agreements
- Creates treaties (must be ratified by the Senate)
- Executive orders
- Proclamations
- Presidential decrees
- Administrative function
- Preserves, protects and defends the Constitution
- Oversees the effectiveness of all departments under the executive
- Administers the budget appropriated by Congress
Diplomatic Power
- Executive agreements
- Represents the state in the international community and foreign affairs
- Authority to contract and guarantee foreign loans
- Power to appoint diplomats
- Powers as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
- Has absolute control of the armed forces
- Has the power to call out the armed forces to prevent or suppress lawless violence
- Empowered to created military tribunals
Military Power
- To call out the Armed Forces
- To meet emergency situations
- To declare martial law
- To suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
Budgetary Power
- Prepares the budget
- Executes the spending authorized by Congress
Pardoning Power
The president may grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons
-The president may also grant amnesty (with the concurrence of all the members of Congress)
a government decision to allow a person who has been convicted of a crime, to be free and absolved of that conviction, as if never convicted.
pardon
a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body
veto
