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	GR No. 199027 2014-06-09	OFFICE OF SOLICITOR GENERAL v. CA REYES, J.
A cursory reading of this provision may create the impression that the OSG's mandate under the Administrative Code is unqualified, and thus broad enough to include representation of a local government unit in any case filed by or against it, as local government units, indisputably, form part of the Government of the Philippines. Towards a proper resolution of the pending issue, however, the OSG's mandate under the Administrative Code must be construed taking into account the other statutes that pertain to the same subject of representation in courts. As the Court explained in Philippine Economic Zone Authority v. Green Asia Construction & Development Corporation:[17]