Practice question
The President declares a national emergency but identifies no law delegating legislative emergency powers. An adviser claims that the declaration alone lets the President enact penal statutes. Which is correct?
- Every emergency declaration creates a new legislature
- A press announcement supplies the missing delegation
- The Cabinet may replace Congress by unanimous vote
- The declaration alone does not supply legislative emergency powers
- The new penal statutes are valid merely if temporary
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VI, Section 23(2): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- David v. Macapagal-Arroyo, G.R. No. 171396 and consolidated cases, May 3, 2006, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/41473
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