thegovernmentofthephillipines

The political system in the Philippines is republic, and a republic is a state government where just one person is the head of state and he or she is often called presiden t. The president in the Republic of the Philippines right now is [|Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo], who is a woman. Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is the Philippines 14th president, but their 2nd female president. After a president has been president in six years, they choose a new one. When they decide who the new president is going to be, they have something called people-election.