isability, removal from office,
or resignation of the president, can the vice president serve for
the unexpired term

Legislative branch: bicameral Congress or Kongreso consists of the
Senate or Senado (24 seats - one-half elected every three years;
members elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the
House of Representatives or Kapulungan Ng Mga Kinatawan (204 seats;
members elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; note -
additional members may be appointed by the president but the
Constitution prohibits the House of Representatives from having more
than 250 members)

elections: Senate - last held 11 May 1998 (next to be held 14 May
2001); House of Representatives - elections last held 11 May 1998
(next to be held 14 May 2001)

election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by
party - LAMP 12, Lakas 5, PRP 2, LP 1, other 3; note - the Senate
now has only 22 members with one seat vacated when Gloria
MACAPAGAL-ARROYO became vice president and another seat vacated upon
a senator's death; the two seats can only be filled by election and
will remain open until the next regular election in May 2001; House
of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party
- LAMP 135, Lakas 37, LP 13, Aksyon Demokratiko 1, other 35

Judicial branch: Supreme Court (justices are appointed for four-year
terms by the president on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar
Council)

Political parties and leaders: People Power Coalition or PPC
includes: Aksyon Demokratiko or Democratic Action [Raul ROCO],
Lakas-NUCD [Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, titular head, Teofisto
GUINGONA, party president], Liberal Party or LP [Florencio ABAD],
Probinsiya Muna Development Initiative or Promdi [Lito OSMENA], and
Reporma Party [Renato DE VILLA]; Puwersa ng Masa (Force of the
Masses) includes: Laban Ng Demokratikong Pilipino (Struggle of
Filipino Democrats) or LDP [Eduardo ANGARA], Laban Ng Masang
Pilipino or LAMP (Struggle of the Filipino Masses) [Joseph ESTRADA],
and People's Reform Party or PRP [Miriam DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO];
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (New Society Movement) [Imelda MARCOS];
Nacionalista Party [Jose OLIVEROS]; National People's Coalition or
NPC [Eduardo COJUANGCO]

Political pressure groups and leaders: NA

International organization participation: APEC, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN,
CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM,
IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inm