Practice question
A presidential legal adviser argues that an administrative function vested by an existing law is lost because it is absent from EO 292's preceding enumeration. Another adviser argues that Section 20 permits any new function the President considers useful. Assess both statements.
Legal references
- Executive Order No. 292, Book III, Title I, Chapter 7, Section 20, residual powers: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_292_1987.html
- Review Center Association of the Philippines v. Ermita, G.R. No. 180046, April 2, 2009, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/49250
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