Practice question
Under the Supreme Court’s January 24, 2023 main decision in G.R. 257610, is losing in the immediately preceding election alone a valid Section 8 bar to party-list nomination?
- No; the Court invalidated that phrase
- Yes, the Court upheld the phrase without qualification
- Yes, only previous winners may be nominated
- Yes, loss automatically removes citizenship
- Yes, the prohibition became a constitutional amendment
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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