Government of Zamboanga City

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The Government of Zamboanga City, also known as the Zamboanga City Government is the local government unit in-charge of the City of Zamboanga. It is a mayor-council form of government supervised directly by the President of the Philippines and the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government.

The city government has three interdependent branches: the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. The powers of the branches are vested by the 1991 Local Government Code of the Philippines in the following:

• Local legislative power is vested in a unicameral Sangguniang Panglungsod with the vice-mayor as its presiding officer.
• Local executive power is exercised by the government under the leadership of the City Mayor.
• Local judicial power is vested in the Regional Trial Court and lower courts.