Practice question
A qualified same-party nominee files a substitute COC after a valid triggering event but argues his party certification alone excuses his own statutory qualifications for the office. Which is best?
- Every party certificate confers citizenship and age
- Certification does not dispense with the substitute’s applicable eligibility and filing requirements
- The original candidate’s qualifications transfer by inheritance
- A substitute is exempt from all public-office requirements
- Only the party’s preferred qualification matters
Legal references
- BP 881: https://lawphil.net/statutes/bataspam/bp1985/bp_881_1985.html; Sections 73, 77.
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