TRUE or FALSE, Write T if the statement is correct and Fir it is incorrect on the space
provided for
1. The Philippines, apart from it being a unitary and presidential system is also a
representative or republican democracy
2. The Congress may decide to override the veto of the president
3 The 1987 Constitution sets limits to the Congress's exercise of power to create laws
4. The legislative branch creates the laws which the executive implements and which the
judiciary interprets
5 The Philippines has a unicameral legislature because the Congress is comprised of
one chamber
6. The members of the Congress shall be the only judge of all contests related to the
election, returns, and qualification of their respective members, through the House and
Senate Electoral Tribunals.
7. The President, however, may call special sessions to handle emergencies or urgent
& If two-thirds of the members in each house vote to override the veto, then the bill
becomes a laws
9 The party-list system is a mechanism through which minorities get the chance to be
10. One of the most important challenges to the legislative performance has something
to do with a very fast pace of legislation
11. An elected congressman has a 3-year term of office
12. An individual can be a senator provide that he is a resident of the Philippines for not
less than two years
13. The Senate shall also have the sole power to decide on all cases of impeachment by
two-thirds votes
14. With respect to international relations, the Congress also exercises functions known
as diplomatic powers
15. A senator has a maximum term of office of three (3) consecutive terms​