If the President, the Vice President, the Senate President seats was vacant simultaneously, is there a provision in law on who will fill the vacancy?

lawlessman wrote:


Under Article VII Section 7 of Our Constitution provides. The President-elect and the Vice President-elect shall assume office at the beginning of their terms.

If the President-elect fails to qualify, the Vice President-elect shall act as President until the President-elect shall have qualified.

If a President shall not have been chosen, the Vice President-elect shall act as President until a President shall have been chosen and qualified.

If at the beginning of the term of the President, the President-elect shall have died or shall have become permanently disabled, the Vice President-elect shall become President.

Where 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.

Or The Congress shall, by law, provide for the manner in which one who is to act as President shall be selected until a President or a Vice-President shall have qualified, in case of death, permanent disability, or inability of the officials mentioned in the next preceding paragraph.

Here, the Congress is given the power to enact law which will provide a manner in which the acting President shall assume office. On the other hand, both houses have may constitute a quorum to select an acting President even without enacting the said law.

For the following grounds of vacancy: death, permanent disability, removal from office, or resignation, Art. 7 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides for the succession of VP, Senate President and Speaker of the House.

The Senate President or Speaker shall act until a new president and a vice president is elected and qualified, in a special election, practically after 49 days but not later than 70 days.

Special election shall be called for vacancy that takes place less than 18 months from a regular national election.

This provision does not contemplate the remote possibility if the 4 highest officers dies at the same time though.

Short answer pala is the Speaker under Art 7 sec 8.