Practice question
An otherwise qualified nominee lost a mayoral race in the immediately preceding election but is not running for any other office now. May the invalidated previous-loser phrase alone exclude her?
- Yes, every past loss is a permanent disability
- Yes, only a prior winner can be a nominee
- Yes, party-list membership cannot follow local campaigning
- No; the 2023 decision removed that bar
- Yes, a private agreement can restore the invalidated rule
Legal references
- G.R. No. 257610 and UDK No. 17230, January 24, 2023, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/jan2023/gr_257610_2023.html; main decision and dispositive portion.
- COMELEC Resolution 11204, March 11, 2026: https://www.comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2028NLE/Resolutions/res11204/com_res_11204.pdf; Section 48.
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