The political system in the Philippines takes place in an
organized framework of a presidential, representative, and democratic republic whereby the president is both the
head of state and the head of
government within a pluriform multi-party system. This system revolves
around three separate and sovereign yet interdependent branches: the legislative
branch (the law-making body), the executive branch (the law-enforcing body), and
the
judicial branch (the law-interpreting body). Executive power is exercised by the government under the leadership of
the president. Legislative power is
vested in both the
government and the two-chamber congress -- the Senate (the upper chamber) and the House of
Representatives (the lower chamber). Judicial power is vested in the courts with the Supreme Court of the
Philippines as the highest judicial body.
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