Practice question
Under Pimentel, who exercises the executive act of treaty ratification, subject to the constitutional Senate concurrence requirement?
- The Chief Justice
- The Speaker acting alone
- The Commission on Appointments
- The President
- A foreign ambassador without Philippine executive action
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 21, Senate concurrence in treaties: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
- Pimentel, Jr. v. Office of the Executive Secretary, G.R. No. 158088, July 6, 2005, main decision, presidential ratification discretion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/jul2005/gr_158088_2005.html
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