Practice question
A law vests appointment of a lower-ranked officer in the President alone, within the category Congress may assign under Article VII, Section 16. The office is not within a constitutional confirmation category. Is Commission on Appointments consent indispensable merely because the President signs the appointment?
- Yes; signature alone triggers confirmation for every office.
- No; the constitutional category, rather than signature alone, controls the confirmation requirement.
- Yes; all lower-ranked appointments require a plebiscite.
- No, because the officer is therefore outside all legal qualifications.
- Yes; Congress can never vest lower-ranked appointments in the President alone.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 16: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Sarmiento III v. Mison, G.R. No. L-79974, December 17, 1987, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1987/dec1987/gr_l-79974_1987.html
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