Advantages Of Presidential System In The Philippines

RETAIN PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM

This paper discusses why we should retain presidential system in the Philippines, its advantages and disadvantages, provides a comparative study in a country with the same system, and proposes an ideal electoral process to be used in the Philippines. More or so this paper wants to prove that presidential system should be retained because of these main reasons, Presidential system is more appropriate in the Philippines, more authority is given to the president, exercises separation of power, had the power of direct mandate, and stability. Questions regarding what is the best system to be used in the Philippines have risen. Many researchers have conducted a comparative study in different countries and systems to prove

Presidential system is more appropriate in the Philippines since the president both function as the head of the government and head of the state, which brings me back to my second reason that more authority is given to the president, the Philippines is a unitary government wherein the central government is the ultimately supreme, the president is elected by the people which gives him more legitimacy, in this it can be seen that the president has a control ever the masses that adds up because he is not appointed in that position, The presidential systems are more stable than the other systems even so, it’s very decisive and the process is fast it allows more effective checks and balances to be place on branches. It exercises separation of power wherein the roles and function of the government is divided into three branches that holds the duties organized. The Executive Branch, the one who implements laws and makes policy decision without the public’s help, has the power to veto or return a certain bill that is passed by the legislature, it can appoint members in the government offices, and it is the one who negotiates and interrogates with other countries regarding state matters. The Legislative Branch is divided into two, the upper house and the lower house, they have the power to create or change laws, declare wars, approves treatise

It had great views mainly, the process votes are easier and transparent since the one who receives the majority of vote wins thus, it portrays clear choice and outcomes among candidates. The candidates are allowed to run even without political affiliations (Independent candidates). The governments’ agendas and platforms are carried out easily. As stated by Linz's Electoral Rules for Presidentialism "Other things being equal, presidential systems function better with electoral rules or sequences that avoid draconian steps that might exclude politically important groups, for such an exclusion could undermine legitimacy". According to Linz's work there are advantages when it comes to presidential systems, "Great Choice for Voters" in the sense of two electoral choices is given by the executive instead of one. Having both executive and legislative elections gives voters a choice to choose a candidate even from if they are from a different party. "Electoral Accountability and Identification" wherein the elected policymakers are responsible to the citizens thus the voters to the know the information about their choice, one example of this is the ballot box (Categorical Ballots and Ordinal Ballots). "Congressional Independence