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Practice question: Doctrine of Qualified Political Agency

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A secretary asserts that qualified political agency permits the secretary personally to grant a pardon without the President's exercise of the clemency decision. Explain the exception for personal constitutional prerogatives and distinguish implementation assistance from exercising the prerogative itself.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article VII Section 19: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
  • Mendoza v. Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, February 21, 2023, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/feb2023/gr_209216_2023.html

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