Practice question
A Vice-President has been elected to two consecutive terms. During the final three months of the second term, she voluntarily resigns and seeks election to a third immediately succeeding term. She argues that resignation interrupted the continuity of her second term. Which answer follows from Article VII, Section 4?
- Resignation automatically resets the term count to zero.
- The limit applies only if both terms were served without a single day’s absence.
- A change of party makes the third consecutive term permissible.
- Voluntary renunciation does not interrupt continuity for the full elected term, so it does not avoid the two-consecutive-term limit.
- The Vice-President has no constitutional consecutive-term limit.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Sections 2–4, presidential and vice-presidential qualifications, election and terms: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Section 4.
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