Practice question
An ordinary permanent executive appointment is signed before the election-period ban but remains in the President’s files. It is first transmitted, received and accepted during the ban. The appointee invokes a pre-ban signature and presents no temporary-appointment exception. Under the main decision in Velicaria-Garafil, which is best?
- The signature alone makes every later step irrelevant.
- The document may be treated as completed without delivery.
- The ban applies only to elected offices.
- The full appointment process was not completed before the ban, and the early signature alone does not save it.
- Acceptance during the ban automatically amends Section 15.
Legal references
- Velicaria-Garafil v. Office of the President, G.R. Nos. 203372 et al., June 16, 2015, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/jun2015/gr_203372_2015.html
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VII, Section 15.
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