Practice question
A highly urbanized city argues that independence from its province necessarily removes it from presidential general supervision. Which answer follows Article X?
- The city becomes a separate sovereign country
- The city is exempt from every national law
- The province gains unlimited control over it
- Provincial independence does not erase the President’s general supervision over local governments
- Only a private citizens’ committee may supervise it
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article X, Sections 4 and 12.
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