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

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

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?
  1. When the vacancy occurs within eighteen months before the next presidential election
  2. Whenever either chamber has adjourned
  3. Whenever the Acting President prefers to remain in office
  4. Whenever a party requests a delay
  5. 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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