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Practice question: Electoral Tribunals

Multiple Choice Hard Jurisprudence

Practice question

A chamber proposes six legislative Tribunal members selected wholly from one party despite a composition requiring meaningful proportional allocation among represented parties. It argues only the six-person total matters. Which is best?
  1. The numerical total does not dispense with the constitutional proportional-representation rule
  2. Six members always means every selection method is valid
  3. Political representation is expressly prohibited
  4. Private donors can allocate every seat
  5. The Chief Justice must select all legislators personally

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; ArticleVI Section17 and ArticleVII Section4.

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