Practice question
A governor appoints to a covered party-affiliated sangguniang bayan vacancy without the required party nomination and membership certification. The appointee says those documents are optional. Which is correct?
- The documents are merely campaign decorations
- The governor may silently waive the statute
- An outsider’s oral statement always suffices
- No party relationship can matter after election
- Section 45(b) treats nomination and certification by the highest party official as indispensable
Legal references
- RA 7160: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html; Section 45.
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