Practice question
A senatorial aspirant is declared nuisance solely because she fails to prove financial capacity to sustain a nationwide campaign. No Section 69 ground is otherwise established. Under Marquez, what is the correct assessment?
- The stated financial-capacity reason alone is insufficient
- Every aspirant must own a nationwide business
- Financial capacity is an additional constitutional qualification
- An independent candidate may never seek Senate office
- The absence of campaign wealth conclusively proves mockery
Legal references
- Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, Omnibus Election Code, Section 69, nuisance candidates: https://lawphil.net/statutes/bataspam/bp1985/bp_881_1985.html
- Marquez v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 244274, September 3, 2019, main decision, financial capacity alone is not a nuisance ground: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2019/sep2019/gr_244274_2019.html
- Mustapha v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 277177, July 8, 2025, main decision, nuisance candidacy, substantial evidence and due process: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/jul2025/gr_277177_2025.html
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