Practice question
Local officials gather as a preparatory recall assembly and adopt a resolution to recall a mayor. They invoke the original 1991 Code and present no registered-voter petition satisfying the amended law. Their resolution is adopted after RA 9244 took effect. Which assessment is best?
- The assembly resolution alone does not constitute the retained initiation mode because RA 9244 eliminated the preparatory recall assembly route.
- The unamended text always prevails over a later amendment.
- Every gathering of officials automatically removes a mayor.
- A resolution replaces every statutory signature requirement.
- The mayor must resign immediately without election.
Legal references
- Republic Act No. 7160, sections 69 and 72–74, https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
- Republic Act No. 9244, sections 1–3 amending RA 7160 sections 70–71, https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2004/ra_9244_2004.html
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