Practice question
A citizen challenges a public-land arrangement under the same public-right grounds discussed in Chavez. Respondents argue that the absence of an ordinary cash appropriation alone necessarily defeats every possible standing basis. Which is best?
- No public-right standing can ever concern public assets.
- The independently asserted constitutional public-right basis must be evaluated rather than reduced solely to an ordinary cash-disbursement test.
- Only payment by paper check can generate any justiciable issue.
- The citizen automatically owns the public land.
- The taxpayer label alone proves all the transaction's legal defects.
Legal references
- Pascual v. Secretary of Public Works, G.R. L-10405, December29,1960, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1960/dec1960/gr_l-10405_1960.html
- Chavez v. Public Estates Authority, G.R.133250, July9,2002, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2002/jul2002/gr_133250_2002.html
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