Practice question
The Executive asks LGUs voluntarily to consider expenditure savings during a fiscal difficulty but separately threatens to withhold their legally due national-tax shares if they decline its preferred priorities. Explain the distinction between advice and binding interference in light of Pimentel.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article X Sections 4 and 6: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Pimentel Jr. v. Aguirre, G.R. No. 132988, July 19, 2000, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2000/jul2000/gr_132988_2000.html
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