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be possessed for the duration of the officers active tenure. It is the Philippine Congress which has the power to
prescribe additional qualifications and disqualifications.
The following is a simple list of the pertinent qualifications required for public elective positions in the Philippines:
DISQUALIFICATIONS
Senators and members of the House of Representatives
are prohibited from being appointed to any office which
may have been created or the emoluments thereof
increased during the term for which they were elected.
Office newly created or the emoluments of which have (Constitution, Article VI, Section 13)
been increased
Note: Emolument does not refer to the fixed salary
alone but includes such fees and compensations which
the incumbent is entitled to receive by law.
7. Insane or feeble-minded.
b. With respect to the appointment of elective and
appointive local officials and candidates who lost in an
election, the Code provides that they cannot, within 1
year after such election, be appointed to any office in the
government or government-owned or controlled
corporations or in any of its subsidiaries (except losing
candidates in barangay elections).
Removal or suspension from office a. A removal from office bars the removed officer
from an election or appointment to fill the
vacancy for the unexpired term but that it does
not disqualify him to take some other office or to
be elected or appointed to a new term of the
same office.