Practice question
Permanent vacancies occur in both mayor and vice-mayor offices. The first two sanggunian members' statutory ranking is undisputed and both are qualified and able to serve. A private agreement seeks to put the second-ranked member ahead of the first. Which is best?
- Private agreement freely rewrites the ranking
- The Code's automatic succession sequence controls, not the private preference
- The offices disappear
- The municipal accountant always takes both offices
- Ranking never matters
Legal references
- RA 7160 Sections 44-46: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
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