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I. Introduction
V. Conclusion
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I. Introduction
will be pushing for constitutional amendments on the term limits for local
Occidental that Itong term na ito, hindi ako naniniwala diyan. Kailangan
one to sawa yan. Hanggang gusto ng tao. Kaya kung merong amendment
stand for no term limits for local officials. This will ensure the continuity of
programs which will benefit the locality in the long term according to United
opposed VP Binays stand. She said doing away with term limits may also
expressed their rejection of the proposal to lift term limits for local officials
the Constitution and the Local Government Code, shows the pros and cons
of the proposal to lift the term limit of local officials using the related laws
and latest jurisprudence, and disputes the extension of the three-term limit
of local officials.
resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them.
Reynato S. Puno, through the ballot, people express are able to choose
democracy that the people should elect whom they please to govern them.
is to give effect to the expressed will of the majority, there are limitations to
being elected to a public office. Our Constitution and statutes are clear
about the existence of term limits, the nature of public office, and the
guarantee from the State that citizens shall have equal access to public
Moreover, the Supreme Court has repeatedly declared that a public office
shall be determined by law, shall be three years and no such official shall
serve for more than three consecutive terms. Voluntary renunciation of the
office for any length of time shall not be considered as an interruption in the
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continuity of his service for the full term for which he was elected (The 1987
mentioned provision, to wit, No local elective official shall serve for more
renunciation of the office for any length of time shall not be considered as
an interruption in the continuity of service for the full term for which the
According to the Supreme Court, there are two branches in the three-
term limit, to wit, the first branch is, as worded, the constitutional provision
fixes the term of a local elective office and limits an elective officials stay in
office to no more than three consecutive terms, and the second branch is
an interruption in the continuity of his service for the full term for which he
was elected.
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Under the first branch, the limitation is expressed in the negative that
no such official shall serve for more than three consecutive terms. This
reference is to the term, not to the service that a public official may render.
public office. This complements the term limitation under the first branch.
The second branch does not textually state that voluntary renunciation is
the only actual interruption of service that does not affect continuity of
service for a full term for purposes of the three-term limit rule. It is a pure
for a full term. The descriptive word voluntary linked together with
freely exercised will; thus, a loss of title to office by conscious choice. In the
context of the three-term limit rule, such loss of title is not considered an
office even for the briefest time. It merely requires an easily fabricated
an interruption (2009).
served for three consecutive terms and who did not seek the elective
position for what could be his fourth term, but later won in a recall election,
city does not, by itself, work to interrupt the incumbent officials continuity of
service.
COEMELEC, 2013).
protest and the decision becomes final only after the official had served the
full term for the office, his loss in the election contest does not constitute an
interruption since he has managed to serve the term from start to finish. His
full service should be counted in the application of term limits because the
contemplates a rest period during which the local elective official steps
down from office and ceases to exercise power or authority over the
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elective official from the three-term limit rule is one that involves no less
than involuntary loss of title to office. The elective official must have
involuntarily left his office for a length of time, however short, for an elective
the three-term limit rule to take effect, these are the following: 1. the official
concerned has been elected for three consecutive terms in the same local
from running because they have already served the maximum allowable
(Danao, 2015).
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cut and removed by the next winning official verily, when the latter came
from the opposition. Worse, millions and thousands of pesos from the taxes
paid by the people and were spent for such programs will be at naught.
Consequently, another bulk of monies shall be needed and spent for the
restriction of the power of the citizens to elect whoever they want to remain
On the other hand, the Supreme Court declared that the three-term
limit rule was designed by the framers of the Constitution to prevent the
officers. Further, the prohibition seeks to infuse new blood in the political
arena by rendering ineligible for public office those who have been elected
and served for three (3) consecutive terms in the same public elective post
V. Conclusion
term limit of local elective officials more advantageous for the Filipino
Nevertheless, it is likewise true that these outstanding officials can vie for
and let other would-be elective officers to develop new programs for the
2014). With such in the minds of these outstanding local officials, indeed
their programs will not be at naught, inasmuch as the Filipino people would
vote for them over and over again and for whatever position they will vie for
local officials in their given unit by monopolizing the power given by the
Hence, the term limit of the local officials should not be prolonged and
implemented.
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http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2003/dec2003/154829.htm
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