We all know that in a republican form of government, it's congress that enacts the laws. A bill is enacted in the lower house and goes through the usual readings and gets sent to the upper house for another set of readings. After that, it gets sent to the president for his signature.
Here's something a lot of people don't know about the lawmaking process in the Philippines. When a bill is sent to the president, he can do any of the following:
1.) Sign it
2.) Veto it
3.) Do nothing
If the president signs the bill, it gets published and becomes a law. Now everybody knows that, right?
How about if it was vetoed?
If the president vetoes a bill, it is sent back to congress. But that's not the end of it. Congress can override the veto with a 2/3 vote from both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Now for those who aren't happy with the laws we don't like, such as our Expanded Value-Added Tax Law, doesn't that make you suspicious?
Non- action won't prevent a bill from becoming a law, either. In fact, if the president does nothing when the bill is sent to him for his signature the bill becomes a law thirty (30) days after the date it is submitted to him. So even if the president is a smart person, there is nothing he can do to prevent even unjust laws from being passed. Bills are basically railroaded to him whether he likes them or not.
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I'm Giancarlo Enrico S. Pozon, a Wushu instructor, investor and Barrister... That's right, Barrister; I graduated from law school and took the Bar Exams, now I'm waiting for the results. I created this blog to make Philippine Law easy to understand for the average person. It's all about free legal advice. There are many law blogs. But the problem is that many of them are written for lawyers and law students. They use words that can't be understood by ordinary people.
Many lawyers, judges and law students consider themselves as superior to most human beings because of their knowledge of the law. It bothers me since the law is supposed to serve society. Since the law is meant to serve society as a whole, it is important that is must be understood by everybody.
This does not mean that we should all become lawyers. It means that although law is a highly specialized profession, the first duty of everybody in this profession is to make the law understandable to all; that's why all these articles are free legal advice.
Like I said, this blog is about law -but it's for the ordinary people, not the lawyers. It's for the ordinary folk so they will know what is good and bad for them, and that making them aware of the law will help us all improve society as a whole. This is free legal advice for everybody!
I'm Giancarlo Enrico S. Pozon, a Wushu instructor, investor and Barrister... That's right, Barrister; I graduated from law school and took the Bar Exams, now I'm waiting for the results. I created this blog to make Philippine Law easy to understand for the average person. It's all about free legal advice. There are many law blogs. But the problem is that many of them are written for lawyers and law students. They use words that can't be understood by ordinary people.
Many lawyers, judges and law students consider themselves as superior to most human beings because of their knowledge of the law. It bothers me since the law is supposed to serve society. Since the law is meant to serve society as a whole, it is important that is must be understood by everybody.
This does not mean that we should all become lawyers. It means that although law is a highly specialized profession, the first duty of everybody in this profession is to make the law understandable to all; that's why all these articles are free legal advice.
Like I said, this blog is about law -but it's for the ordinary people, not the lawyers. It's for the ordinary folk so they will know what is good and bad for them, and that making them aware of the law will help us all improve society as a whole. This is free legal advice for everybody!
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