Practice question
A private contractor has information relevant to a properly authorized inquiry into safeguards for government land purchases. The inquiry follows duly published rules and respects protected rights. Is the contractor exempt solely because she has never held public office?
- Yes. Only elected officials may testify in legislative inquiries.
- Yes. Private transactions can never supply information relevant to legislation.
- Yes. Congress may question only its own employees.
- Yes. A private witness's consent is always indispensable to a lawful summons.
- No. Private status alone does not defeat a lawful legislative inquiry into relevant information.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VI Section 21: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Arnault v. Nazareno, G.R. No. L-3820, July 18, 1950, main decision, inquiry into government land transactions: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1950/jul1950/gr_l-3820_1950.html
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