Practice question
Under the final sentence of Article VII, Section 10, when shall no special election be called because of proximity to the next presidential election?
- When the vacancy occurs within eighteen months before the next presidential election
- Whenever either chamber has adjourned
- Whenever the Acting President prefers to remain in office
- Whenever a party requests a delay
- Only when the vacancy occurs one day before the next election
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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