Practice question
Congress is out of session when martial law is proclaimed. Leaders say they will convene only after the President issues a special call and after receiving the forty-eight-hour report. The proclamation has already triggered the constitutional deadlines. Which assessment is correct?
- They may wait indefinitely for a call
- The reporting deadline replaces the convening deadline
- Only the Supreme Court can convene Congress
- Congress must convene within twenty-four hours without need of a call, independently of the forty-eight-hour reporting duty
- The President may suspend the convening rule by press statement
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VII, Section 18.
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