Practice question
Congress expressly requires the Article XVIII, Section 25 national referendum for a proposed foreign-bases treaty. The instrument has Senate concurrence, but no referendum occurs. Officials claim concurrence alone satisfies every condition. Which is correct?
- Senate concurrence automatically cancels Congress’s referendum requirement.
- The expressly required referendum remains an additional condition that concurrence alone does not satisfy.
- Only a local barangay vote is needed.
- The other State may waive Philippine constitutional requirements.
- Congress is constitutionally forbidden from requiring the referendum.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VII, Section 21; Article XVIII, Section 25.
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