Local government in the Philippines is divided into four levels:
- Autonomous regions
- Provinces and cities independent from a province
- Component cities and municipalities
- Barangays
All divisions below the regional level are called "local government units (LGUs)."
According to the Constitution, the LGUs "shall enjoy local autonomy", and in which the president exercises "general supervision". Congress enacted the Local Government Code of 1991 "which shall provide for a more responsive and accountable local government structure instituted through a system of decentralization with effective mechanisms of recall, initiative, and referendum, allocate among the different local government units their powers, responsibilities, and resources, and provide for the qualifications, election, appointment and removal, term, salaries, powers and functions and duties of local officials, and all other matters relating to the organization and operation of local units."
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