Practice question
After completing a presidential canvass and proclamation, Congress declares that its canvassing authority also makes it the sole tribunal for every subsequent contest about the President’s election, returns and qualifications. A proper contest is brought in the constitutionally designated forum. Which assessment is correct?
- Congress’s claim is correct because canvassing and adjudicating every contest are identical.
- The Cabinet becomes the sole tribunal once proclamation occurs.
- The Senate President alone decides the contest because he received the returns.
- Congress’s claim is incorrect because Article VII, Section 4 assigns those contests to the Supreme Court sitting en banc.
- No forum can hear a contest once any proclamation has occurred.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Section 4, canvass, proclamation, tied highest votes and election contests: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
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