Practice question
A State entity grants a concession covering national patrimony. A qualified Filipino invokes the second paragraph of Article XII, Section 10 in an otherwise proper case. The entity acknowledges the provision’s self-executing character but says Congress retains power to facilitate it, and therefore the court must await whatever implementing measure Congress might someday enact. Which response follows from Manila Prince?
- Possible future implementing legislation does not suspend the existing self-executing command.
- Any legislative power to assist enforcement necessarily suspends the right.
- An administrative promise to wait binds the Constitution.
- The command applies only after Congress imposes a penalty.
- The command applies only if a statute repeats it word for word.
Legal references
- Manila Prince Hotel v. GSIS, G.R. No. 122156, February 3, 1997, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/34508
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