Practice question
An initial martial-law proclamation is about to reach its sixty-day limit. The President issues an order purporting to extend it for another ninety days without any congressional extension. The only explanation is that the original proclamation was valid. Which answer is best?
- Validity of the initial proclamation automatically authorizes unlimited presidential renewals.
- A military press release is equivalent to congressional extension.
- The initial proclamation creates a permanent exception to Congress’s role.
- The extension must follow Section 18’s congressional mechanism; the original proclamation alone does not supply that missing act.
- Congress may participate only after one year.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VII, Section 18.
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