Practice question
A department asks the President to prohibit a covered investment without any review, evaluation, or recommendation from the relevant department or agency. Which statutory issue arises?
- Section 23 expressly requires the relevant review, evaluation, and recommendation before the stated presidential action
- Those procedural steps are expressly forbidden
- A rival’s phone call always substitutes for them
- Only the transaction’s price matters
- The company’s name removes every requirement
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11659_2022.html — RA 11659, section 23
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/97017 — final IRR of RA 11659, national-security review provisions
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