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23, 2014
NR # 3386B
President of the )epu,lic of the Philippines in the event that there is failure of election for the position of President and Vice$President, and the Senate and the .ouse of )epresentatives are una,le to elect their President and Speaker, respectively ,y the ti e that the ter of the office of the incu ,ent President shall ,e ended, or in any other situation where no succession could take place as conte plated under Sections 4 and 0 of 3rticle V(( of the Constitution!% 9urther ore, .&/012 provides that -he Chief Justice, as (nteri President, shall call for a special election not later than three onths for the position of President, Vice President, Senators, and Congress en after assu ing the interi position! -he incu ,ent President shall not ,e 7ualified to run for re$election in the said special elections! :pon election and 7ualification of the President, the Chief Justice, as (nteri President, shall relin7uish the Presidency i ediately after the President and Vice$President shall have ,een sworn into office and revert to his for er position as Chief Justice unless his ter has lapsed due to retire ent,% .& /012 states! "n the other hand, in the event that the ter of the Chief Justice lapsed during his incu ,ency as (nteri President, he shall continue to serve as such until a President and Vice$President shall have ,een sworn into office! ;ikewise, notwithstanding the date of his or her assu ption into office, the ter of office of the President elected in the special elections shall ,e dee ed to have started fro the end of the ter of the preceding President and shall end at noon on the thirtieth days of June si# years thereafter and thereafter no longer eligi,le to run for re$election! 3lso, during the interi period, the Chief Justice as (nteri President shall ,e stripped of his duties in the Judiciary, and the ost senior Justice of the Supre e Court shall, for purposes of this 3ct, assu e the office of the Chief Justice for the interi period! -he easure also provides that in the event that the ter of the Chief Justice e#pires during the interi period, the anner provided ,y the Constitution for the appoint ent of the Chief Justice shall apply! </=> dpt