Gov’t sale of camps unauthorized — solon 01/13/2011

Gov’t sale of camps unauthorized — solon

01/13/2011
The proposal to sell Camps Aguinaldo and Crame in Quezon City would be illegal unless sanctioned by an enabling law.

House Minority Leader Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman yesterday stressed that not even the President or any Philippine official for that matter can sell the military and police headquarters without an enabling law.

“No executive official, including the President, can sell, lease or encumber Camp Aguinaldo and Camp Crame or portions thereof without any authority from Congress through an enabling statute or law,” he said.
Lagman noted that Section 48 of Book I of the Administrative Code of 1987 provides that conveyance of real property of the government should be authorized by law.

He said the Supreme Court in a number of cases has ruled that legislative authority is necessary for the Executive to sell, alienate or encumber erstwhile properties of the public dominion after they have been declared as disposable partimonial properties of the state..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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