Practice question
A new mayor assumes office. A supplier says the municipality ceased to exist merely because the former mayor left. No abolition or other legal change occurred. Which is correct?
- Every election necessarily dissolves the municipality.
- The municipality becomes the former mayor's private estate.
- All municipal assets become ownerless automatically.
- Continuous corporate succession means the change of mayor alone does not terminate the LGU.
- Only the supplier can recreate the LGU.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles13-17 and37-46: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- RA7160 Section22, LGU corporate powers: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
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