Practice question
During a Senator’s elected term, a new government office is created. She resigns from the Senate before the term expires and seeks appointment to that office immediately. Does resignation alone remove Article VI, Section 13’s appointment disqualification?
- Yes, because the restriction lasts only while she physically attends sessions.
- Yes, because every resignation erases the elected term.
- Yes, if she agrees to receive no salary.
- Yes, if the President describes the office as temporary.
- No, because the prohibition covers appointment to an office created during the term for which she was elected.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VI, Sections 11–14 and 16(3): https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Section 13, second sentence.
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