Practice question
A group obtains sufficient signatures for a narrowly framed initiative amendment. COMELEC certifies the petition sufficient, but organizers announce that certification itself has inserted the new sentence into the Constitution and request immediate enforcement before any plebiscite. Assume no issue about enabling legislation or signature validity is raised. Which response follows from Article XVII?
- Certification starts the ratification timetable; it does not substitute for a favorable plebiscite.
- Certification is the same event as ratification by the people.
- Sufficient signatures dispense with every plebiscite.
- The organizers may choose between a plebiscite and a press release.
- A private promise to publish the text supplies ratification.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
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