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Practice question: Voting of Persons Deprived of Liberty (CR 9371)

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A registered PDL serving eight months for an ordinary non-disloyalty offense is said to be disqualified solely because any imprisonment counts as at least one year. Other qualifications are stipulated. Evaluate.

Legal references

  • Aguinaldo v. New Bilibid Prison, G.R. No. 221201, March 29, 2022, main resolution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/18/68250; main resolution, quoted Resolution 9371 Rule 1 Section 2 and judicial-review disposition.
  • RA 8189: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1996/ra_8189_1996.html; Section 11(a).

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