Practice question
A Deputy holds an indirect financial stake in a contract with a GOCC subsidiary. The Deputy argues the incorporated ban is irrelevant because the contract involves no private legal work and the Deputy is not formally a Commission member. Which is correct?
- The express incorporation makes the separate financial-interest prohibition applicable despite those arguments
- Only formal Commission members can be affected despite ArticleXI
- Every nonlegal contract is exempt
- Only the contract’s title determines the result
- Deputies are excluded from the incorporation
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution ArticleVII Section13; ArticleIX-A Section2; ArticleXI Section8: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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