Practice question
An agreement is concededly a treaty requiring Article VII, Section 21 concurrence. Officials claim that the President's foreign-affairs leadership makes Senate participation unnecessary. Which answer is correct?
- The President may dispense with every express constitutional check
- A Cabinet majority supplies the Senate vote
- The House Speaker alone may concur
- The treaty becomes constitutionally valid merely upon a press announcement
- The required Senate concurrence remains a constitutional limit
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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