Practice question
An election contest concerning the qualifications of the Vice-President is filed before the Supreme Court. A party requests assignment to a three-member division because the case raises no challenge to a statute's constitutionality. The opposing party invokes Article VII, section 4. Which position is correct?
- A division is mandatory whenever no statute is challenged.
- The contest belongs to the Supreme Court sitting en banc under the specific constitutional provision.
- The contest belongs to COMELEC because the office is elective.
- The House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal decides every national contest.
- The President may choose the division or en banc forum.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, section 4, https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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