Practice question
The applicable campaign period has begun. A respondent says Penera makes him permanently immune from candidate-specific rules because his COC was filed earlier. Which is correct?
- Every early filer remains forever outside all candidate rules
- The date of filing abolishes all later regulation
- A ballot-printer’s contract creates lifetime immunity
- Only late filers can ever become candidates
- The timing rule does not create permanent immunity once the statutory campaign period begins
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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