Practice question
A validly structured technical-or-financial-assistance agreement for large-scale petroleum development is executed by the President. Officials say Congress need never be notified because the contractor is foreign-owned and disclosure might attract criticism. Which is best under Article XII?
- The President must notify Congress within thirty days of execution under the specified provision
- Foreign ownership abolishes the notification duty
- Criticism creates an automatic constitutional exception
- Only the contractor receives notification
- Notification is required only after fifty years
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article XII, Sections 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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