Practice question
A local gubernatorial COC is validly cancelled, leaving a permanent vacancy. The losing candidate demands the office solely because she placed second, citing older second-placer cases. Under the April 22, 2025 Mangudadatu main holding, which response is correct?
- Apply LGC succession to the local vacancy rather than proclaim the second placer on that basis
- The second placer necessarily becomes governor in every case
- All votes retroactively become votes for the loser
- The vacant office must remain empty forever
- The ruling decides every national elective succession question
Legal references
- Mangudadatu v. COMELEC, GR260219 and260231, April 22, 2025, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/69908 Domicile, cancellation and local succession holdings within the June 30, 2026 cutoff.
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