Political Law Question: VI

The “Poverty Alleviation and Assistance Act” was passed to enhance the capacity of the most marginalized families nationwide. A financial assistance scheme called “conditional cash transfers” was initially funded 500 million pesos by Congress. One of the provisions of the law gave the Joint-Congressional Oversight Committee authority to screen the list of beneficiary families initially determined by the Secretary of Department of Social Welfare and Development pursuant to the Department implementing rules. Mang Pandoy, a resident of Smokey Mountain in Tondo, questioned the authority of the Committee.

1. Does Mang Pandoy have legal standing to question the law?(2%)

2. Is the grant of authority to the Oversight Committee to screen beneficiaries constitutional? (3%)

Decide with reasons.