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Practice question: Composition, Qualifications, and Term of Members

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Practice question

A slate for COMELEC contains four lawyers with the required length of practice, but the proposed Chair is one of the three nonlawyers. Explain why a simple count of lawyers does not complete the constitutional professional-composition test.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article IX-B, Section 1; Article IX-C, Section 1; Article IX-D, Section 1: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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