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Practice question: Rules on Succession

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

What vote resolves a contested presidential-inability issue in favor of continued Vice-Presidential acting service under Article VII, Section 11?
  1. A simple majority of one House only
  2. A combined plurality of both Houses
  3. Two-thirds of both Houses, voting separately
  4. Unanimity of the Supreme Court
  5. A Cabinet plurality with no congressional role

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article VII, Section 11.

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