PUBLiCUS-JS-NCPAG-The Roles and Challenges Facing Philippine Legislators

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I. Legal and constitutional basis

for the Representatives role

and responsibilities

Roles and Challenges

Facing Philippine Legislators

II. Appraisal of public perception

III. Issues that need to beaddressed


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Legal and constitutional basis for the

Representatives role and

responsibilities

unitary presidential Executive: President and his

cabinetImplements or enforces the law

Judiciary: Chief Justice andthe courts

Interprets the law

Legislative: SenatePresident, Speaker of theHouse

Make/pass laws

3 great departments


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responsibilities

Article VI, Section I

The legislative power shall be vested in the

Congress of the Philippines which shall consist of a

Senate and a House of Representatives xxx


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responsibilities

Policy determination

Rule-making, legislation, passing

of laws

Act as prosecutors/judges

Impeachment (Art. XI,

Sections 2 & 3); HRET (Sec.

17); discipline of fellow

Representatives (Section 16[3])

What does a Representative

do?


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responsibilities

Co-appoints, with the President,members of Cabinet through the

Commission on Appointments(Sec. 18), Article VII, Section 16

Cabinet, generals, colonels,

ambassadors, public ministers andconsuls and others whose

appointment is vested in the

President (Constitutional

Commissions, Judicial and BarCouncil)


do?


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responsibilities

Oversight (inquiries in aid oflegislation)

Sec. 21, Sec. 22, Section 24

(power of the purse)


do?

Sole power to declare theexistence of a state of war

Section 23 [1]

Checks presidential power intimes of war or other nationalemergency

Sec. 23(2); Article VII, Sec. 18


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responsibilities Exclusively initiates

appropriation, revenue or tariffbills; authorizes increase of the

public debt, bills of localapplication, private bills (Sec.24)


do?

Other roles:Consensus-building usinginfluence and access tomedia;

Advocate prevailing issues.Most applicable to party-listrepresentatives

Brings home the baconto constituents


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Appraisal of public perception

The March 2010 survey found50% satisfied and 25%

dissatisfied with theperformance of the Senate, or amoderatenet +25, two pointsdown from +27 in December2009 (Table 6, Chart 5 andTable 7)

Determined through

opinion surveys,

newspaper and other

media views

There were 37% satisfied and

30% dissatisfied with the Houseof Representatives, for aneutralnet satisfaction rating of+7, similar to +9 in the previousquarter

http://www.sws.org.ph


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Determined through

opinion surveys,

newspaper and other

media views


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Determined through

opinion surveys,

newspaper and othermedia views

Individually:Will the local/district

constituents

re-elect you?


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Issues that need to be addressed

1. Poverty and bridging the incomegap

2. Increasing population - how to

feed, clothe, shelter and educate

3. Peace and security

4. Graft and corruption

5. Environment

6. Local issues

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