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Guingona vs. Carague: Debt Appropriation Case by Kelsey Olivar Mendoza is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This case involves a petition challenging the constitutionality of Presidential Decrees (PD) No. 81, PD No. 1177, and PD No. 1967, which authorize automatic appropriations for debt service. The petitioners argue that these PDs ceased to be operative after the 1987 Constitution was ratified. However, the Supreme Court ruled that under Section 3 of Article XVIII of the Constitution, existing laws not inconsistent with the Constitution remain operative. It found that the PDs were not inconsistent with the Cons

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Kelsey Olivar Mendoza

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