Practice question
A city with 260,000 inhabitants and a validly existing province with 180,000 inhabitants both seek their constitutional minimum representation. Explain why Article VI, Section 5(3) does not apply one identical 250,000 threshold to both.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VI, Section 5(1), (3) and (4): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Aquino III v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 189793, April 7, 2010, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/53925
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