Practice question
An administrative agency claims that a population increase alone authorizes it to create a new congressional district by internal memorandum, without any law. Which objection is strongest under Article VI, Section 5?
- Population is legally irrelevant to apportionment.
- Every administrative memorandum is equivalent to a statute.
- The Constitution assigns reapportionment to Congress; population data alone do not confer legislative district-creation power on this agency.
- Only private landowners may draw districts.
- A province can never have more than one district.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VI, Section 5(1) and (4).
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