Practice question
Congress is enacting the Section 10 special-election law after a qualifying double vacancy. An official refuses funding unless a separate special appropriation first satisfies every requirement of Article VI, Section 25(4). Current appropriations are available. Which constitutional rule is directly relevant?
- Section 10 requires waiting for the next annual budget.
- The election must be privately funded.
- The funding clause is entirely silent.
- Section 10 charges the election against current appropriations and expressly exempts it from Section 25(4)’s requirements.
- A foreign embassy must certify the funds.
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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