Practice question
A person was elected President, served one year and resigned. The person now seeks another election as President, claiming the four-year successor-service rule allows it. Assume the earlier election and service are undisputed. Which answer follows Article VII, Section 4?
- The elected President’s no-reelection rule applies; the separate rule for persons who succeeded to the office does not create the claimed exception.
- Every elected President may obtain another term after resigning.
- One year of service is constitutionally treated as no election at all.
- The successor-service rule automatically supersedes the elected President’s bar.
- A candidate can remove the bar by describing the resignation as temporary.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Sections 2, 3 and 4: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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