Politics of the Philippines President of the Philippines Executive Departments Congress of the Philippines House of Representatives Senate Ombudsman Supreme Court Republic Acts Political parties in the Philippines Elections in the Philippines: 2004 Commission on Elections Philippine electoral crisis, 2005 Large flag of the Philippines. ... The Philippines has a representative democracy modeled on the United States system. ... The President is the head of state and of the government of the Republic of the Philippines. ... The Executive Departments of the Philippines is the largest component of the national executive branch of the government of the Philippines. ... Template:Politics of the Philippines The Congress of the Philippines is the primary legislature of the Philippines. ... The House of Representatives (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan in Filipino) is the lower chamber of the Congress of the Philippines. ... The Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress of the Philippines. ... The Philippine Ombudsman is an ombudsman responsible for investigating and prosecuting government officials in the Philippines who are allegedly guilty of crimes. ... Supreme Court of the Phillipines --- the countrys highest judicial court, as well as the court of last resort. ... Republic Acts are laws in the Philippines, created by the Congress and signed by the president. ... Political parties in Philippines lists political parties in Philippines. ... Elections in Philippines gives information on election and election results in Philippines. ... Presidential elections, legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 10, 2004. ... The Commission on Elections of the Philippines, or more commonly known as Comelec is an independent government body responsible for running elections in the countrys democratic government. ... President Arroyo during her televised message regarding the alleged wiretapped tapes An electoral crisis emerged in the Philippines in June 2005. ...
The Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (Coalition of United Filipinos), or KNP, is the coalition of the dominant opposition. Its standard bearers are Fernando Poe, Jr. for president and Sen. Loren Legarda-Leviste for vice-president. The leading party of this coalition is the Angara wing of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (Struggle of Democratic Filipinos) or LDP. The LDP split in late 2003 over issues on who is to be their standard bearer. Most of the party followed the lead of the president, Sen. Edgardo Angara especially with the support of the former president Joseph Estrada and former first lady Imelda Marcos. The other major party under this coalition is Estrada's Partido ñg Masang Pilipino (PMP; Party of the Philippine Masses). The Laban ñg Demokratikong Pilipino (Struggle for Democratic Filipinos) is a political party in the Philippines. ... Joseph Estrada Joseph Estrada, original name Joseph Marcelo Ejercito, and widely known as Erap (born April 19, 1937) is a popular film actor in the Philippines and was the 13th President of the Republic of the Philippines from June 30, 1998 to January 20, 2001. ... Imelda Romualdez Marcos (born July 2, 1929 in Tacloban City) is the former First Lady and a political figure in the Philippines. ...
The UNIDO would later be an umbrella coalition of opposition against Ferdinand Marcos.
The Philippines is divided into a hierarchy of local government units (LGUs) with the province as the primary unit.
The Philippines is a founding and active member of the United Nations since its inception on October 24, 1945 and is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).