Local Government Provisions in the 1987 Philippine Constitution
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What is the role of the President in relation to local governments in the Philippines?

  • Exercises general supervision over local governments (correct)
  • Approves the organization and operation of local units
  • Enacts local government codes
  • Creates regional development councils
  • Which territorial subdivisions are included in the Philippines?

  • Provinces, cities, municipalities, barangays, and autonomous regions only
  • Provinces, cities, municipalities, and autonomous regions only
  • Provinces, cities, municipalities, barangays, autonomous regions, and regional development councils
  • Provinces, cities, municipalities, barangays, autonomous regions, and metropolitan political subdivisions (correct)
  • What power do local governments have in terms of revenue and taxes?

  • They can create their own sources of revenues and levy taxes without any guidelines
  • They have no power to create their own sources of revenues and levy taxes
  • They can create their own sources of revenues and levy taxes under guidelines set by the President
  • They can create their own sources of revenues and levy taxes under guidelines set by Congress (correct)
  • Who is responsible for enacting a local government code in the Philippines?

    <p>Congress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Under whose approval can local governments group themselves and create metropolitan political subdivisions?

    <p>Approval through a plebiscite and Congress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of enacting an organic act for each autonomous region?

    <p>To define the basic structure of the regional government</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What powers are established by the organic act for each autonomous region?

    <p>Legislative powers over administrative organization and natural resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Constitution set out the roles and responsibilities of within the autonomous region?

    <p>Local police agencies for maintaining peace and order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the national government in terms of defense and security within the autonomous region?

    <p>It is responsible for defense and security within the region</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is included in the matters over which the autonomous region has legislative powers?

    <p>Regional urban and rural planning development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    • The 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines establishes local government provisions in Article 10.
    • The territorial subdivisions of the Philippines include provinces, cities, municipalities, barangays, autonomous regions in Muslim Mindanao and the Cordilleras.
    • Local governments enjoy local autonomy and have the power to create their own sources of revenues and levy taxes under guidelines set by Congress.
    • The President ensures local governments act within their prescribed powers and functions, and each local unit has the power to determine its term of office and number of consecutive terms for elective officials.
    • The Congress is tasked with enacting a local government code that provides for the organization and operation of local units, allocates their powers, responsibilities, and resources, and establishes qualifications, election, appointment, and removal of local officials.
    • The President exercises general supervision over local governments and ensures their acts are within their prescribed powers.
    • Local governments may group themselves, coordinate efforts, and create metropolitan political subdivisions subject to a plebiscite and Congress approval.
    • The President creates regional development councils to strengthen the autonomy of local units and accelerate economic and social growth.
    • Autonomous regions in Muslim Mindanao and the Cordilleras are created, consisting of provinces, cities, municipalities, and geographical areas sharing common historical and cultural heritage, economic and social structures, and subject to the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of the Philippines.
    • The Congress enacts an organic act for each autonomous region in consultation with regional consultative commissions.
    • The organic act defines the basic structure of the regional government, provides for special courts, and establishes legislative powers over matters such as administrative organization, creation of sources of revenues, ancestral domain, natural resources, personal family and property relations, regional urban and rural planning development, and economic, social, and tourism development.
    • The Constitution sets out the roles and responsibilities of local police agencies for maintaining peace and order, and the national government for defense and security within the region.

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    This quiz covers the local government provisions in Article 10 of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, including the establishment, powers, and autonomy of local governments, as well as the creation of autonomous regions in Muslim Mindanao and the Cordilleras.

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