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2003-07-10 |
AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J. |
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| to be independent from the other departments of the Government."[44] In an earlier case, the Court elucidated: The Commission on Elections is a constitutional body. It is intended to play a distinct and important part in our scheme of government. In the discharge of its functions, it should not be hampered with restrictions that would be fully warranted in the case of a less | |||||
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2003-07-10 |
AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J. |
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| invested with the power to decide all questions affecting elections save those involving the right to vote. [214] Given its important role in preserving the sanctity of the right of suffrage,[215] the COMELEC was purposely constituted as a body separate from the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.[216] | |||||