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Practice question: Term Limits (See also RA 12232)

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Explain why an involuntary preventive suspension is not automatically an interruption for the three-term rule under Aldovino.

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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