Practice question
A memorandum treats the JBC as an ordinary presidentially controlled bureau and orders its constitutional composition expanded by an additional Cabinet seat. No constitutional amendment occurs. Which is the central objection?
- Every executive memorandum automatically amends Article VIII.
- The Council’s constitutional placement and specified composition cannot be replaced solely by the ordinary-executive-bureau premise.
- The President may remove every constitutional seat through a press release.
- Any department may create voting JBC Members at will.
- The JBC has no constitutional basis.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VIII, Sections 8–9.
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