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2013-10-22 |
PEREZ, J. |
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| Despite the recourse to this Court and the original jurisdiction we now exercise over the petition, our action on the present petition should understandably be limited. We can only rule on the existence of the grave abuse of discretion we found and on the consequent invalidity of the COMELEC action in the cancellation case before it; we cannot rule on the issue of Reyes' qualifications (i.e., on the issue of citizenship and residency). We have so held in Perez v. Commission on Elections[93] and Bello v. Commission on Elections[94] and we have no reason to change tack now. The HRET, as the constitutionally designated tribunal to rule at the first instance, should resolve the issues presented before it, including the task of appreciating the supposed admission of Reyes that she married an American citizen. | |||||
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2013-01-29 |
REYES, J. |
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| In Bello v. COMELEC,[32] the Court confirmed that a complaint for the cancellation of party-list registration, aside from a petition for the disqualification of the party-list nominee, provides a "plain, speedy and adequate remedy", against a party-list organization alleged to have failed to comply with Section 6 of COMELEC Resolution No. 8807[33] which requires a party-list group and its nominees to submit documentary evidence to prove that they belong to a marginalized and underrepresented sector. | |||||