Practice question
A validly existing province has 210,000 inhabitants. An official argues that it is constitutionally entitled to no representative because it has fewer than 250,000 people. Which answer is correct?
- The official is right because every province must first reach 250,000
- The province loses representation whenever its population declines
- The official may substitute land area for population to eliminate the seat
- The province has the constitutional minimum entitlement; the cited threshold attaches to the city clause
- Only a presidential proclamation can preserve the province's seat
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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