Practice question
A province reviews the acts of a component municipality and confirms that a municipal project is within its prescribed powers and satisfies all applicable law. The provincial authorities nevertheless replace the municipality's lawful choice with their preferred project, relying only on Article X, Section 4's component-unit oversight language. Which assessment is correct?
- The Constitution turns every component municipality into an office without local discretion.
- The duty to ensure acts are within prescribed powers does not by itself authorize substitution of an otherwise lawful municipal choice.
- Component-unit oversight makes every provincial preference a national statute.
- The municipality is free from every law because it is autonomous.
- The province may permanently abolish the municipality by administrative review.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article X Sections 2 and 4: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Drilon v. Lim, August 4, 1994, main decision, supervision distinguished from control: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1994/aug1994/gr_112497_1994.html
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