Practice question
A Deputy Ombudsman seeks to accept an unrelated private client's litigation and obtains an informal assurance from another official that it creates no conflict. The Deputy claims that assurance overrides Article XI, Section 8. Which answer is correct?
- Any official's assurance amends the Constitution
- Unrelated litigation is expressly exempt
- Private-client consent makes the assurance conclusive
- The assurance does not remove the incorporated professional-practice prohibition during tenure
- Only a party's wealth determines permission
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article XI Section 8, incorporating Article IX-A Section 2: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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