Practice question
A public official holds a discretionary appropriation. She proposes an undocumented payment for a purely personal family celebration and argues that the word “discretionary” exempts the fund from any public-purpose, voucher or statutory-guideline requirement. No other legal basis for the payment exists. Which conclusion follows Article VI, Section 25(6)?
- The label authorizes personal spending without records.
- The constitutional conditions still govern; the proposed personal and unsupported disbursement is not justified by discretion alone.
- Only an increase in the amount would create a constitutional issue.
- An official’s family event is conclusively public merely because the official attends.
- Appropriating the money automatically transfers its ownership to the official.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VI: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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