Practice question
An election-law offender is convicted by final judgment. The President signs a pardon, but COMELEC has expressly declined to give a favorable recommendation. Advisers argue that final conviction satisfies the only constitutional limit and that a recommendation is merely optional advice. Which answer is best?
- The recommendation is optional in every election offense
- Any political endorsement replaces COMELEC's recommendation
- The pardon does not satisfy the additional election-law clemency requirement
- The President may abolish the requirement in the pardon text
- The recommendation matters only before conviction
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 19: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- 1987 Constitution, Article IX-C, Section 5: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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