| Title: | Philippines: World Investment Service |
| Price: | $575.00 |
| Publication Date: | May 17, 2008 |
| Source: | World Investment Data and Forecast |
| Brief Excerpt: | ...The Philippines is a pluralist democracy modelled on the US, with an executive presidency, abicameral Congress and a Supreme Court that can rule on the constitutionality ofgovernment actions. In January #### Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, then vice-president, replaced the incumbent president, Joseph Estrada, in a civilian coup backed by the military. Sheserved out the remainder of his six-year term before winning re-election in her own right inthe next presidential election, held in May ####. The congressional elections held at the same time produced a large pro-administration majority, headed by Ms Macapagal Arroyo's party,Lakas ng Edsa-National Union of Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas), in the House ofRepresentatives (the lower house) and gave the president a narrow majority in the Senate(the upper house). The legality of Ms Macapagal Arroyo's rule came into question in ####, amidallegations of electoral fraud in the #### presidential election. She is likely to remain in office until the... |
| Word Count: | 17830 |
| Length: | 43 Pages |
| Country: | Philippines |
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