MIDTERM 2020

The Philippines cannot declare the existence of war with China over the conflict at Kalaya-an Group of Islands because the Philippines renounces was an instrument of national policy.

• True

• False

The ban of nuclear weapons in our country is absolute when consistent with our national interest.

• True

• False

The Aquino Administration after the EDSA 1 revolution was considered only as de facto government because it

assumed power in violation of the 1973 Constitution.

• True

• False

Under the archipelagic doctrine, the waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago form part of the territorial sea of the archipelagic state.

• True

• False

Liberalism during the enlightenment period was the philosophical foundation for the birth of republicanism.

• True

• False

Legislative power is fully delegated by the sovereign to the legislative branch which means that it is only Congress that make laws.

• True

• False

Our sovereign rights and prerogatives as a State can never be diminished in our relations with other states.

• True

• False

As part of its parliamentary immunities, a member of Congress can criticize the Supreme Court during its session without incurring any liability except perhaps if it amounts to a violation of its internal rules on disorderly behavior.

• True

• False

The power to declare the existence of a state of war can be delegated by Congress to the President subject to a law that it may enact based on the principle of blending of powers.

• True

• False

When the President certifies as to the necessity of a proposed bill to meet a public calamity or emergency, the said measure will not anymore be subjected to plenary debates as the three readings on separate days is dispensed with.

• True

• False