Practice question
An incoming President says that election victory has extinguished every treaty obligation undertaken by the previous administration because each administration represents a different sovereign. Explain the error in that claim. Assume the treaties were constitutionally valid and no withdrawal has occurred.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
- Tañada v. Angara, G.R. No. 118295, May 2, 1997, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1997/may1997/gr_118295_1997.html
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