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

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Congress calls a qualifying Section 10 election for forty days after the call, arguing that the sixty-day outer limit is the only timing restriction. Explain the omitted part of the window and the anti-postponement command.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article VII, Section 10; Article VI, Section 25(4).

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