Practice question
An executive bureau asserts authority to revise a final court judgment solely because the judgment conflicts with its preferred policy. No law or constitutional provision makes the bureau an appellate body. Explain the separation-of-powers problem without suggesting that executive officials may never interpret statutes.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VIII, Section 1.
- Angara v. Electoral Commission, G.R. No. 45081, July 15, 1936, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1936/jul1936/gr_45081_1936.html
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