Practice question
A court agrees that the statutory timing rule may permit political advantages from early promotion. It proposes replacing the clear text with its own earlier status date solely because that seems better policy. Under the main Penera resolution, which is best?
- Every judge may rewrite the date to match personal policy
- Policy disagreement does not authorize disregarding the clear statutory timing; legislative change is the identified route
- The ballot supplier can supply a replacement statute
- An opponent’s fairness objection automatically amends the law
- The Court held that statutory words never matter
Legal references
- Penera v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 181613, November 25, 2009, main reconsideration resolution: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2009/nov2009/gr_181613_2009.html; operative main reconsideration resolution, excluding separate opinions.
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