Manila Bulletin
Duterte can run for VP; SC challenge possible --– ex-IBP president
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) suggests that President Rodrigo Duterte's potential bid for the Vice Presidency could face legal challenges, though such actions would have limitations.
According to IBP immediate past president Atty. Domingo Cayosa, the 1987 Constitution does not explicitly prohibit a sitting President from running for Vice President.
The Constitution states that a President cannot run for re-election, and a person who has served as President for over four years is not qualified for election to the same office.
However, any challenge to Duterte's possible vice presidential candidacy would require an 'actual controversy' for the Supreme Court to take up the case.
Cayosa emphasized that the Supreme Court avoids issuing rulings on hypothetical issues and needs a concrete case to be filed.
Furthermore, only an individual directly impacted by Duterte's potential run for Vice President would have the standing to question its constitutionality before the Supreme Court.
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