Practice question
A mayor voluntarily renounces office near the end of a third consecutive full term and claims the resignation necessarily resets the constitutional limit. Which is best?
- Voluntary renunciation does not count as the asserted interruption
- Every resignation automatically resets the count
- Two weeks of absence always creates a new eligibility cycle
- A private promise changes the Constitution
- The mayor may choose which terms count
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article X Section 8: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Abundo v. COMELEC, GR 201716, January 8, 2013, main opinion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2013/jan2013/gr_201716_2013.html
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