AB Political Science IV
PA 14
Permit no : 535
FOREIGN INFLUENCE IN THE PHILIPPINE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM
The influence of France in the Philippine Administrative System
Today a unitary semi-presidential Republic, France has developed strong local governments in parallel with central government branch offices at the local level, reflecting a mix of powers between local government and central government which could be a distinctive element of the French administrative organization. In this view, the France has influenced the Philippines in the civil service system.
The French public service consists of three main sections – State civil service (central administrations, regional and departmental services of the State, public establishments of the State), – territorial civil service (civil servants of the municipalities, departments and regions), – hospital civil service (administrative and nursing staffs of the public hospitals.
The structure of the French civil service is characterised by its fragmentation, due to several factors. First, the large range of hiring bodies (ministries, local governments, health facilities, branch offices, établissements publics) and the existence of three different sections of civil service (State, Local governments, Health). Second, within the State civil service stricto sensu (i.e., with tenure), corps, grading and hierarchy are precisely defined and strengthen the esprit de corps, while contract employees belong to another structure
The current French civil service system is based on four civil service laws. Together these form the general civil service statute. The statute consists of a basic law providing for the rights and obligations of all civil servants as well as of three laws that relate to the three civil service groups. These laws concern the French State civil servants (la Fonction publique de l’Etat), the public servants working in regional and local government