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Question III

2016 Bar · Political Law · 1 sub-question

III. A law converted the component city of Malumanay, Laguna into a highly urbanized city. The Local Government Code (LGC) provides that the conversion "shall take effect only after it is approved by the majority of votes cast in a plebiscite to be held in the political units directly affected." Before the COMELEC, Mayor Xenon ofMalumanay City insists that only the registered voters of the city should vote in the plebiscite because the city is the only political unit directly affected by the conversion. Governor Yuri asserts that all the registered voters of the entire province of Laguna should participate in the plebiscite, because when the LGC speaks of the "qualified voters therein," it means all the voters of all the political units affected by such conversion, and that includes all the voters of the entire province. He argues that the income, population and area of Laguna will be reduced. Who, between Mayor Xenon and Governor Yuri, is correct? Explain your answer. (5%)

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