Practice question
A court imposes a lawful ninety-day preventive suspension under RA 3019 on a legislator, after the required determination of a valid information. The only objection is that every suspension of a Member is limited to sixty days by Article VI. Applying Santiago, which response is best?
- The sixty-day rule automatically controls every court suspension
- All ninety-day suspensions are punishments imposed by Congress
- A legislator is exempt from RA 3019
- The court must obtain a chamber expulsion vote first
- The constitutional limit concerns punitive chamber suspension and does not by itself invalidate this distinct preventive measure
Legal references
- Santiago v. Sandiganbayan, G.R. No. 128055, April 18, 2001, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/52070
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VI, Section 16(3).
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