Practice question
The Vice-President resigns, but the President remains in office and able to serve. Legislators propose a Section 10 special election solely to fill the vice-presidential vacancy. Which answer is best?
- The proposal is required because any executive vacancy triggers Section 10.
- The Speaker alone may call an immediate national vote.
- The applicable process is presidential nomination of a member of Congress under Section 9, followed by the required separate congressional confirmations, rather than Section 10’s double-vacancy election.
- The Supreme Court must appoint a replacement Vice-President.
- The vacancy automatically dissolves Congress.
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; Sections 9–10.
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