first Filipino to head a government of the Philippines (as opposed to other historical states). Quezón is considered by most Filipinos to have been the second president of the Philippines‚ after Emilio Aguinaldo (1897–1901). Quezón was the first Senate president elected to the presidency‚ the first president elected through a national election‚ and the first
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Discuss the military‚ political‚ social and economic strengths and weaknesses of Rome by 264BC The Romans had a basic law of sorts‚ called the laws of the Twelve Tables. This governed a lot of Roman daily life and proceedings‚ and was the basis of a sort of equal rights scheme for the plebeian class. In addition to this‚ the Lex Hortensia‚ passed in 287BC‚ further blurred the distinctions between plebeians and patricians. The twelve tables‚ and any laws passed by a plebeian assembly‚ would now be
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in Ancient Rome were shaped and influenced by their social group and status within the Roman Republic. This is shown through how they became members of the group‚ what their daily life was like and what different roles they undertook in the senate. The senate was an exclusive society People became members of the group by having at least 1 million roman coins‚ if they had less they were forced to resign. They had to be from one of the upper classes‚ meaning they had to be from the Equestrian group
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The Roman Government consisted of Consuls and a Senate. Instead of having a king‚ the Romans chose consuls‚ two of them. The community elected neither of them but instead appointed by the popular assembly the Comitia Centuriata. Each consul serves one year‚ it’s nonconsecutive‚ term‚ he could help a second or a third later. Consuls possessed supreme executive power‚ commanding the army‚ presiding over the Senate‚ the proposing legislation‚ but they could veto the others decision. At the end of their
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The main focus of the source is that when governments and government leaders are becoming too oppressive‚ the duty of the individual is to reject and abolish the government’s tyranny and create a nation that reflects the image of the citizens. When the government is becoming an absolute monarch‚ controlling the lives of the nation’s citizens as if they are puppets and not being held by a constitutional law‚ the duty of the individual is to gather those that also oppose the government and take action
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between the Islamic Empire and Imperial Rome was that Rome was a democracy and the Islamic Empire was a Theocracy. Imperial Rome had The Roman Republic. The Roman Republic was not a democracy. The real center of power in Rome was the Roman Senate. The Roman Senate was an advisory council. Later the Roman Republic failed and Rome became a democracy. The types of control in the two empires during the Classical period were different. Something that Imperial Rome and The Islamic Empire shared was that
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PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISSTANCE FUND (PDAF) By: PEREZ‚ Chrysalyka C. I. INTRODUCTION PDAF or Priority Development Assistance Fund is a form of pork barrel which has been a very controversial issue in our country today. These are funds given or allocated to government officials in order to support and be spent on community projects and/or repairs and improvements. G. Luis Igaya of Institute for Popular Democracy defined pork barrel
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From the beginning of the Empire‚ Roman society was divided between patricians and plebeians. The first‚ rich citizens‚ could enter the senate‚ the magistracy‚ and the military post. The less fortunate citizens‚ the plebeians‚ could enlist in the army for a long career of about twenty years. The plebeian is a movement opposed to the patriciate and to the oligarchical institutions of the city which favor it. It welcomes all those who adhere to its ideals‚ and thus approaches a party‚ or a union.
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POLITICAL DYNASTIES IN THE PHILIPPINES Last 2011‚ Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago introduced the Senate Bill 2649‚ also known as Anti-dynasty bill which guarantees the Article II‚ Section 26 of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines which states that “The state shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service and prohibit political dynasties as may be defined by law.” Political dynasty can be put in effect when a person who is a spouse to an incumbent official runs for an elective
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Philippines not only created a strong political dynasty but he also realizes his colossal visions. While VP Binay effortlessly made it to the list of possible and feasible presidential candidate‚ our next guy‚ a potical rival of the former‚ and the current Senate Majority Leader‚ Sir Alan Peter Cayetano‚ needed to closely monitor surveys to make sure he’s still in the running and viewed by the Filipinos as a viable candidate‚ according to a source familiar to Cayetano. The 43-year-old Senator from the Nacionalista
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