<P> The President also has the power to grant pardons to enter into foreign loans with the prior concurrence of the Monetary Board . </P> <P> The President also exercises general supervision over local government units . </P> <P> The President also serves as the Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines . This includes the power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus and to declare martial law . </P> <P> With the consent of the Commission on Appointments, the President also appoints the heads of the executive departments, board of members and its leaders from any national government - related institutions, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, high - ranking officers of the armed forces, and other officials . The members of the Supreme Court and lower courts are also appointed by the President, but only from the list of nominees prepared by the Judicial and Bar Council . Such appointments do not need the approval of the Commission on Appointments . </P>

Kinds of military powers of the philippine president
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