Practice question
A national officer signs a document purporting to give a private corporation ownership of “the sovereignty of the Filipino people” for ninety-nine years. The corporation points only to the officer’s high rank and the payment of a large fee; no constitutional authority for the purported transfer exists. It claims all residents are now subject to its unlimited personal rule. Which conclusion is sound?
- High office makes popular sovereignty the officer’s saleable property.
- Payment validates any transfer of the people’s sovereignty.
- The contract automatically amends Article II.
- The officer’s rank and a private fee cannot turn the people’s sovereignty into privately owned unlimited authority.
- The corporation gains sovereignty if it records the contract in its minutes.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
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