In Re Subido

In Re Subido 35 SCRA 1 (1970) Held: Government officials and employees are not absolutely barred from becoming candidates for the office of Delegate to the Constitutional Convention, the only condition being that when they do so they should relinquish their positions; that this condition is imposed for reasons of public interest, among the most important of which are, first, that there are certain gover nment offices which afford their occupants many built in advantages not available to others and which may be used or abused to enhance their own candidacies, contrary to the veryspirit of the equal protection clause invoked by the petitioners; and second,that to allow government officials and employees to campaign for the Convention and, if elected, to sit as Delegates therein without vacating their positions would be clearly detrimental to the government and to the public at large, which would thereby be deprived of their services for the unpredictable length of time that the Convention may last, without such positions being filled through new appointments, resulting in disruption of public service.

Imbong v. COMELEC, 35 SCRA 28 G.R. No. L-32432 September 11, 1970