Practice question
In the same procedural pattern addressed in Limbona, a candidate withdraws an original COC and later files a substitute COC for the same mayoral race. The candidate says the original qualifications case necessarily serves no useful purpose solely because of withdrawal. Which is best?
- The new filing makes every earlier fact irrelevant.
- Withdrawal always precludes a merits ruling.
- A substitute COC conclusively proves residence.
- The spouse’s qualifications replace the candidate’s.
- The later filing can preserve a live qualifications controversy, so withdrawal alone does not establish mootness.
Legal references
- Limbona v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 181097, June 25, 2008, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/45452
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