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Practice question: Contracting or Guaranteeing Foreign Loans

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Practice question

An official says a guarantee does not involve borrowed cash received by the Republic and therefore can never trigger the Constitution’s public-information rule. Evaluate the narrow transparency claim, separately from whether a particular guarantee was lawfully authorized.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article XII, Section 21: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
  • 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 20: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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