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2004-08-10 |
PUNO, J. |
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| The Court has ruled that the Commission has no discretion to give or not to give due course to petitioner's certificate of candidacy.[14] The duty of the COMELEC to give due course to certificates of candidacy filed in due form is ministerial in character. While the Commission may look into patent defects in the certificates, it may not go into matters not appearing on their face. The question of eligibility or ineligibility of a candidate is thus beyond the usual and proper cognizance of said body.[15] | |||||