Philippines

Home of Team Philippines (Rebecca; Rachel; Adriana) Type: Republic with a presidential system

Constitution 2 Feb. 1987 effective 11 Feb. 1987 provides for elected public officials

Executive Power: Consists of 26 cabinet secretaries and equivalent ranks and specialized agencies, the national bureaucracy and military, and the president.

legislative power: (congress) a two chamber legislature. There are 24 senators in the Phillippines senate, while there are 220 congressmen of house.

judicial power: consists of the supreme court, the court of appeals, regional trial court and other special courts. (Ex. juvenile, family, or sharing courts)

citizen participation: public organizations (pos) enable the people to pursue and protect tthe government and promote public interests. Population: 70 million (1997) annual growth rate 2.5%

Ethnic Groups: Tagalog (28.1%) Cebuano (13.1%) Llocano (9%) Bisaya/Binisaya (7.6%) Hillgaynon llonggo (7.5%) Bikol (6%) Waray (3.4%) Other (25.3%)

Languages: Flilipino, english, taglog, Cebuano, llocano, hiligaynon, Bicol, Maray, Pampango, Pangaslan

Relgion: Roman Catholic, Muslim, Evangelical, Iglesia in Kristo, Aglipayan.

Health: 40% of 1,700 hospitals are government run and 60% were private, 25% of deaths are cardiovascular related.

= WHITE PAPER (Final Report) =

I. First part should be a review of the basic function of a constitution in a democracy, including the essential characteristics of limited vs. unlimited governments II. Final recommendation for Xlandia's government with at least the following addressed: A. What type of system would your constitution establish? What is your reasoning (include what makes this better than the other options)? B. How would you protect the rights of minorities and individuals? C. What would be the relationship between the military and the civilian leadership? D. The Executive Branch E. The Legislative Branch F. The Judicial Branch G. Citizen Participation - who gets the right to vote? What would your voting requirements be? III. What is needed to keep a democracy strong? Which ones are present in Xlandia? Which ones are not? A. What advice would you give the leaders of Xlandia to help them develop these conditions as they move from an authoritarian past to a democratic future?