The-Practices-of-democry-in-the-PH-g6L3.pptx

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1. Motivational Activity (Debate) Topics (Choose One): 1. “Democracy in the Philippines is truly working for the people.”
2. “Political dynasties are a threat to Philippine democracy.” Instructions:
• Students choose one topic.
• Class is divided into two teams
• Each side presents arguments (5 mins ).

2. THE PRACTICES OF DEMOCRACY IN THE PHILIPPINES LESSON 3

3. HISTORICAL MOORINGS In September 15, 1898, a revolutionary committee gathered in Malolos , Bulacan , to purposely draft a constitution. It was in essence a congress with representatives streaming in from all provinces in the archipelago. With Emilio Aguinaldo as the President of Revolutionary Republic, it held an inaugural session where one of its first moves was the ratification of the June 12, 1898 Declaration of Independence in Kawit , Cavite. By November 29, 1898, the Malolos Constitution was already drafted and sent to Aguinaldo.

4. The Malolos Constitution carried the early ideas of democracy in the Philippines. It had a bill of rights and provided for three branches of government: an executive, headed by the President and composed of department secretaries; a judiciary (Supreme court), and a legislature (Primer Minister). Abinales and Amoroso (2005), quoting the historian Cesar Majul , remarked that the Malolos Constitution “reflect the aspirations of Filipinos based on their past experiences from a colonial government.”

5. Through the decades, the country’s democracy has confronted many challenges, foremost of which was the imposition of martial law and the attendant curtailment of civil liberties.

6. Our democracy is inspired by the American model and our dreams of statehood tied to their interests as colonizing power. Until now the democratic principles and protocols as introduced by the American colonizers in the Commonwealth era stand . While Martial law endured until it was “lifted” in January 17, 1981. Political incarceration continued, as the intelligence forces in the military were more eager to put to jail members of the underground movement mostly cadres of the New People’s Army( NPA) , and Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).

7. Corazon Aquino inherited the chaos that ensued from 21 years of Marcos rule, including the debts, the shrinking value of the peso, the disenfranchised middle class and generally weak political institutions.

8. Electoral Reforms In 1946, immediately after the Declaration of Independence day, universal adult suffrage was delivered to the Philippines. In the succeeding years that followed, there was a dramatic increase in voter population for both the lower and middle class.

9. SIX (6) IDEAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES

10. 1. Representation – the capacity to respond and articulate the views of both members and voters. 2. Elite Formation and Recruitment – the ability to mold the political elite tasked to govern the body politics. 3. Goal Formulation – the development of programs of government with a view attracting popular support.

11. 4. Interest Articulation and Aggregation – the task of combining and harmonizing different demands and expressing them into coherent policy formulation. 5. Socialization and Mobilization – the formation of a national agenda and the creation of public discourse to race political awareness and build the necessary values and attitudes that would constitute to a larger political culture.
6. Organization of Government – the power given to a political party that gains the necessary votes to constitute the governmental elite, filling governmental posts with elements from the party ranks.

12. The interests of the powerful have permeated the party list system whereby the moneyed can form civil society organizations that they use as springboard to get elected and gain one or several seats of representation .

13. Reforms in the Justice System Raising the quality of education is imperative in building and harnessing a nation’s human resources as well as in enhancing the democratic institutions of the country.

14. Education Education is a fundamental human right and the state must mobilize all of its resources to deliver this to its citizenry. Raising the quality of education is imperative in building and harnessing a nation’s human resources as well as in enhancing the democratic institutions of the country.

15. CHAPTER TEST!

16. A. Modification: True or False
Read a statement carefully in a separate sheet of paper. Write T if it is true and F if it is false. 1. Political dynasties are a new phenomenon.
2. The 1987 constitution provided for a party list system.
3. Liberal democracy’s central feature is the tolerance of free markets. 4. Education is a basic human right and must be provided by the state.
5. The rule of law as a principle protects the citizens from the excess of state intervention. 6. The 1986 bloodless revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship completely restored democracy.

17. 7. Democratic deficits are to be found in the national government and not in the local government units.
8. Democracy traced its origins in a small city-state in Greece, known as Athens, were all citizens have the right to participate in the affairs of the state. 9. Direct democracies are no longer applicable today because the mechanism for representation has become more complex because of the population size.
10. For the party list system to truly serve the marginalized sector, there should be reforms instituted to eradicate the influence and control of elite politicians on party list organizations.

18. THANK YOU !