Practice question
A qualifying vacancy in both executive offices occurs well outside the eighteen-month exception. Congress follows Section 10 and approves on third reading the bill calling the special election. The Acting President claims that the bill cannot become law until he approves it under the ordinary presentment process. Which assessment follows from Section 10’s special rule?
- The claim is correct because Section 10 expressly requires the Acting President’s signature.
- The claim is correct because the bill must await the next regular session.
- The claim is correct because only an ordinary lawmaking rule can apply.
- The claim is incorrect because the Constitution expressly provides that this bill becomes law upon congressional approval on third reading.
- The claim is incorrect because Congress may dispense with every constitutional requirement for all future bills.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Sections 8–10, particularly Section 10’s congressional special-election procedure: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Section 10.
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