Practice question
A suspended mayor retains office title while an acting official performs duties. The mayor argues the acting arrangement alone proves he permanently lost the office. Which is correct?
- Every acting arrangement automatically abolishes the original title
- The acting official always receives a new full elected term
- The suspended official automatically becomes a foreign citizen
- Salary receipts alone decide succession
- Temporary performance by another does not itself establish loss of the suspended official’s title
Legal references
- Aldovino v. COMELEC, G.R. No. 184836, December 23, 2009, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2009/dec2009/gr_184836_2009.html; main decision on retained title and interruption.
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article X Section 8.
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