Practice question
A senator attends a private overseas conference without executive authorization and announces that she has signed a treaty binding the Philippines. She claims senatorial office alone gives her the President's negotiating and representative authority. Which is best?
- Every legislator independently binds the State abroad
- Any private conference automatically becomes a diplomatic mission
- The Senate's concurrence power makes each senator a national treaty negotiator
- Senatorial office alone does not supply the asserted executive authority to bind the State
- A foreign organizer may appoint the Philippine representative
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Sections 1, 16 and 21; Article VIII, Section 1: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Pimentel v. Office of the Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 158088, July 6, 2005: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/jul2005/gr_158088_2005.html
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