Practice question
Congress reapportions an existing province by statute. One resulting district contains 185,000 inhabitants. Challengers raise only one objection: every district, without exception, must contain at least 250,000 people under Article VI, Section 5(3). They do not establish a violation of the other constitutional apportionment standards. Which response best follows Aquino III v. COMELEC?
- The challenge necessarily succeeds because 250,000 is a universal district minimum
- The statute fails unless every city and municipality separately has 250,000 people
- The cited clause does not establish that universal minimum, so the stated objection alone does not invalidate the provincial district
- Population is wholly irrelevant to all apportionment questions
- The President may unilaterally redraw the district to resolve the lawsuit
Legal references
- Aquino III v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 189793, April 7, 2010, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/53925
- 1987 Constitution, Article VI, Section 5(1), (3) and (4): https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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