Topic - Philippine Government
Subscribe to this topic via RSS or ATOM===Executive branch===The executive branch is headed by the President, Benigno S. Aquino III (party affiliation: Liberal Party/LP) June 30, 2010, who functions as both the head of state and the head of government. The president is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The president is elected by popular vote to a term of six years. The president, then, appoints (and may dismiss) his/her cabinet members whom he/she presides over. The executive seat of government is administered officially from Malacañang Palace—also the official residence of the president—in Manila. The President may no longer run for re-election, unless he/she becomes president through constitutional succession and has served for no more than four years as president. - Source: Wikipedia
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