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Practice question: Declaration of Principles and State Policies

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A national planning draft treats local autonomy as constitutionally irrelevant because centralized direction is convenient. Which Article II declaration must it acknowledge?
  1. Separate sovereignty of every barangay
  2. Complete exemption of LGUs from law
  3. Prohibition on local administration
  4. Automatic provincial secession
  5. The duty of the State to ensure local-government autonomy

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article II, Section 25.

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