How does the government system in Manila work?

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Manila operates like all other Philippine cities in that it’s governed by a mayor, the head of the city’s executive department. He can be elected to three consecutive terms and can serve again later, but it must be after at least one term has passed. A vice-mayor is the head of the legislative department (which has six city councilors from each congressional district). Each of the individual 897 barangays of the city has its own chairperson and councilor. Finally, the city has six representatives that are elected to the Philippine House of Representatives – one for each of Manila’s six congressional districts.

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