Practice question
A governor dies while a qualified vice-governor is in office. Before death, the governor wrote a personal letter directing that a friend inherit the governorship. The friend is otherwise eligible but holds no succeeding office and has no legally effective appointment. Which claim is sound?
- The friend succeeds because personal wishes override Section 44.
- Eligibility alone lets the friend displace the vice-governor.
- The letter creates a transferable property right in the governorship.
- The vice-governor becomes governor by statutory succession; the letter does not transfer public-office title.
- The province must be without an executive for the rest of the term.
Legal references
- RA 7160, Section 44(a), permanent local executive vacancies: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
- 1987 Constitution, Article XI Section 1: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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