A ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENACTING A LAW AMENDING THE

PRESIDENTIAL ORDER OF SUCCESSION.

A Thesis
Presented to the
College of Law of
Bulacan State University

In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements of the Degree
Juris Doctor

by

ABNER ALVIN C. LOPEZ

SEPTEMBER 2017
 ABSTRACT

Paragraph 5 of Section 7 of Article VII of the 1987 Constitution provides that when

no President and Vice-President shall have been chosen or shall have qualified, or where both

shall have died or become permanently disabled, the President of the Senate or, in case of his

inability, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall act as President until a President

or a Vice-President shall have been chosen and qualified.

The abovementioned Constitutional provision designates the order of presidential

succession: President, Vice-President, Senate President and House Speaker. The order of

succession ends on the House Speaker.

In the instant case, the Congress shall, by law, provide for the manner in which one

who is to act as President in the event that both the Senate President and House Speaker

cannot act as the President of the Republic of the Philippines because of incapacity. However,

as of the current date, no law has been enacted nor bill passed to resolve the same.

The researcher aims to resolve this void.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page

Title 1
Adviser Endorsement Sheet
English Editing Certificate
Acknowledgment
Abstract

Table of Contents

1.0 The Problem and its Setting

A. Background and Significance 4
of the Study
B. Statement of the Problems 4
C. Objectives of the Study 5
D. Scope and Limitations 6
E. Definition of Terms 6

2.0 Literature Review

A. Local Literature 9
B. Foreign Literature 10
C. Related Studies 15
D. Relevance to the Present 17
Study 17
E. Annexes

3.0 The Research Methods 38