Practice question
A regional official argues that autonomous status permits the Bangsamoro Government to disregard the Philippine Constitution whenever a regional policy is popular. What is the best assessment?
- The Organic Law operates within the Constitution and does not authorize that disregard.
- Popularity automatically replaces constitutional limits.
- Autonomy makes regional officials foreign sovereigns.
- Regional law always repeals every national constitutional rule.
- Only the official's personal oath determines legal limits.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 11054, Articles I–V, especially Article IV sections 2–3, 8 and 10 and Article V sections 1–3, https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2018/ra_11054_2018.html
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