Practice question
Which statement best reconciles local autonomy with the constitutional national-local relationship?
- Each LGU becomes a separate sovereign state.
- LGUs may disregard every national statute.
- Local autonomy eliminates every accountability mechanism.
- LGUs enjoy constitutionally protected self-government within the law and remain subject to general supervision.
- Local autonomy exists only when the President chooses to recognize it.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article X Sections 2 and 4: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Pimentel Jr. v. Aguirre, July 19, 2000, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2000/jul2000/gr_132988_2000.html
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