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Term Limits (See also RA 12232)

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  1. Under Article X, Section 8, what consecutive-term limit applies to a municipal mayor in the same position?
  2. Under RA 12232 as of the June 30, 2026 cutoff, what term length is specified for elected barangay and SK officials?
  3. Under RA 12232 as of the cutoff, what limit is stated for an elective SK official in the same position?
  4. A mayor voluntarily renounces office near the end of a third consecutive full term and claims the resignation necessari…
  5. Using only RA 12232 as in force at the June 30, 2026 cutoff, an incumbent barangay official serving a third consecutive…
  6. A mayor wins an election protest only after another person has occupied the mayoralty for almost two years of the dispu…
  7. A mayor has been elected to and fully served three consecutive terms in the same position except for a voluntary resign…
  8. Compare the barangay and SK term limits in RA 12232 as of June 30, 2026.
  9. Explain why being elected and fully serving a term must be examined separately in Abundo's setting.
  10. Under the law as of June 30, 2026, why is the four-year barangay term in RA 12232 not automatically invalid merely beca…
  11. Under Aldovino’s main decision, does preventive suspension by itself interrupt a local elective term for the three-term…
  12. Which distinction is central to Aldovino’s preventive-suspension analysis?