The President has many constitutional powers including executive power, power of appointment and removal, power of control over executive departments, military powers, pardoning power, borrowing power, foreign affairs and diplomatic power, budgetary power, and power to inform Congress. Some other powers include calling special sessions of Congress, approving or vetoing bills, emergency powers delegated by Congress, and general supervision over local governments.
The President has many constitutional powers including executive power, power of appointment and removal, power of control over executive departments, military powers, pardoning power, borrowing power, foreign affairs and diplomatic power, budgetary power, and power to inform Congress. Some other powers include calling special sessions of Congress, approving or vetoing bills, emergency powers delegated by Congress, and general supervision over local governments.
The President has many constitutional powers including executive power, power of appointment and removal, power of control over executive departments, military powers, pardoning power, borrowing power, foreign affairs and diplomatic power, budgetary power, and power to inform Congress. Some other powers include calling special sessions of Congress, approving or vetoing bills, emergency powers delegated by Congress, and general supervision over local governments.
SOCIAL SCIENCE 4 Constitutional Powers of the President 1. Executive Power 2. Power of Appointment 3. Power of Control 4. Military Powers 5. Pardoning Power 6. Borrowing Power 7. Diplomatic/Foreign Affairs Power 8. Budgetary Power 9. Informing Power Constitutional Powers of the President 10. Other Powers: - Calls Congress to a Special Session (Art. 6, Sec. 15) - Power to approve or veto bills (Art. 6, Sec. 27) - To consent to deputation of government personnel by the Commission on Elections (Art. 19-C, Sec. 2, par. 4) - To discipline such deputies (Art. 19-C, Sec. 2, par. 8) - Emergency powers by delegation from Congress (Art. 6, Sec. 23, par. 2) - Tariff Powers by delegation from Congress (Art. 6, Sec. 23, par. 2) - General Supervision over local governments and autonomous regional governments (Art. 10) Power of Appointment (Art7, Sec. 16) Appointment- it is the selection, by the authority vested with the power, of an individual who is to exercise the functions of a given office. Designation- it means the imposition of additional duties, usually by law, on a person already in public service. Commission- the written evidence of the appointment. Power of Removal The President has the power to remove public officials whom he has the power to appoint. The power to remove is implied from the power to appoint. Public Officers appointed by the President Heads of Executive Departments Ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls Officers of the Armed Forces from the rank of Colonel or Naval Captain Other officers whose appointment are vested in him by the constitution such as the regular members of the Judicial and Bar Council, Commissioners of the Civil Service, Commission on Audit, Commission on Election. Public Officers Appointed by the President Other officers of government whose appointments are not provided by law Those whom he may be authorized by law to appoint such as the heads of government- owned and controlled corporations, heads of bureaus and undersecretaries. Power of Control (Art. 7, Sec. 17) It is the power of an officer to alter or modify or nullify or set aside what a subordinate officer had done in the performance of his duties and to substitute the judgment of the former for that of the latter.
It includes the authority to order the doing of
an act by a subordinate or to undo such act or to assume a power directly vested in him by law. The power of control includes the power of supervision. The Military Power (Art. 7, Sec. 18) The power of the sword makes the President the most important figure in the country in times of war or other similar emergency. It is because the sword must be wielded with courage and resolution that the President is given the vast powers in making and carrying out of military decisions. The military power enables the President to: Command all the armed forces of the Philippines Suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus (an order to bring a jailed person before a judge or court to find out if that person should really be in jail) Declare a martial law (the law applied in occupied territory by the military authority of the occupying power) Power of Executive Clemency (Art. 7, Sec. 19) The power of executive clemency is a non- delegable power and must be exercised by the President personally. Clemency is not a function of the judiciary; it is an executive function. The exercise of the pardoning power is discretionary in the President and may not be controlled by the legislature or reversed by the courts, save only when it contravenes its limitations. Purpose of Section 19 It gives to the President the power of executive clemency is a tacit admission that human institutions are imperfect and that there are infirmities in the administration of justice. The power therefore exists as an instrument for correcting these infirmities and for mitigating whatever harshness might be generated by a too strict application of the law. In recent years, it has also been used as a bargaining chip in efforts to unify various political forces. Forms of Executive Clemency a.) Reprieves: a postponement of a sentence to a date certain, or a stay in the execution.
b.) Commutations: reduction or mitigation of the
penalty.
c.) Pardons: act of grace which exempts the
individual on whom it is bestowed from punishment which the law inflicts for the crime he has committed. Forms of Executive Clemency d.) Remission of Fines
e.) Forfeitures
f.) Amnesty: commonly denotes the general
pardon to rebels for their treason and other high political offenses. Borrowing Power (Art. 7, Sec. 20) Otherwise known as the power to contract or guarantee foreign loans The President may contract or guarantee foreign loans on behalf of the Republic of the Philippines: a.) With the prior concurrence of the Monetary Board; and b.) Subject to such limitations as may be provided by law Foreign Affairs Power/Diplomatic Power (Art. 7, Sec. 21) As a head of the State, the President is supposed to be the spokesman of the nation on external affairs. The conduct of external affairs is executive in nature. He is the sole organ authorized to speak or listen for the nation in the broad field of external affairs. Foreign Relations Powers of the President The power to negotiate treaties and international agreements; The power to appoint ambassadors and other public ministers , and consuls; The power to receive ambassadors and other public ministers accredited to the Philippines; The power to contract and guarantee foreign loans on behalf of the Republic; The power to deport aliens; The power to decide that a diplomatic officer who has become persona non grata be recalled; and The power to recognize governments and withdraw recognition. Budgetary Power (Art. 7, Sec. 22) This power is properly entrusted to the executive department, as it is the President who, as chief administrator and enforcer of laws. He is in the best position to determine the needs of the government and propose the corresponding appropriations on the basis or expected sources of revenue. Informing Powers (Art, 7, Sec. 23) The President usually discharges the informing power through the State of the Nation address, which is delivered at the opening of the regular session of the legislature.