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Practice question: Qualifications, Election, and Term of the President and the Vice President

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Compare two persons who became President by succession rather than election. One served exactly four years as President; the other served four years and one day. Assuming no other disqualification, explain the effect of the specific successor-service rule on their eligibility for election as President.

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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