Practice question
A legislator-lawyer accepts a direct financial interest in a contract with a GOCC subsidiary during the term and insists compliance is established because another lawyer handles all hearings. Which is correct?
- Avoiding personal hearings does not cure the separate financial-interest prohibition
- Another lawyer’s appearance automatically permits every government contract interest
- The financial clause applies only to court filing fees
- A GOCC subsidiary is expressly excluded
- Only a judicial conviction creates the constitutional limit
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution ArticleVI Section14: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Puyat v De Guzman, GRL-51122, March25,1982, MAIN opinion, anti-circumvention holding under predecessor constitutional provision, read with current ArticleVI Section14: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1982/mar1982/gr_l-51122_1982.html
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