Practice question
A litigant in a proper vice-presidential election contest invokes the existence of the SET and asks it to adjudicate because the officeholder once served as Senator. Which is correct?
- Prior Senate service permanently transfers every later contest to SET
- The office whose election is contested controls; ArticleVII Section4 assigns the vice-presidential contest to the Supreme Court en banc
- Every national contest belongs to HRET
- The litigant may select any constitutional tribunal by preference
- The officeholder’s biography replaces the constitutional allocation
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; ArticleVI Section17 and ArticleVII Section4.
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