Practice question
Both the President and Vice-President die in a disaster twenty months before the next presidential election. The Senate President is able to serve. Some legislators insist that Congress may wait for the Acting President's call before convening and may set a special election ninety days after its call. Which statement is correct?
- The Senate President acts; Congress must convene without a call at 10 a.m. on the third day, enact the calling law within seven days, and set the election within forty-five to sixty days from the call.
- The Chief Justice acts and may cancel all future elections.
- The Senate President becomes President for a fresh six-year term.
- No special election is allowed because the vacancy is twenty months before the next election.
- Congress needs a presidential call and has unrestricted discretion over the election date.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII Sections 8 and 10: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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