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Practice question: Power to Call Special Election for President/Vice President

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Both the presidency and vice-presidency become vacant during the term, well outside the eighteen months preceding the next presidential election. State Congress’s principal duties and deadlines under Article VII, Section 10, including when the special-election bill becomes law.

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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