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Supreme Court The Supreme Court (SC) has stopped temporarily the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from dismissing the petitions for registration filed by two party-list groups for the 2022 elections. The temporary restraining orders (TROs) were issued by Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo for
The Supreme Court has issued temporary restraining orders (TRO) on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) rulings denying the registration of three party-list groups.
Supreme Court (Facebook photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) bared on Friday that it has issued temporary restraining orders (TROs) against the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) decision to deny theregistration of two party-list groups. Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo issued the TROs in the petitions filed bythe Alliance for Resilience, Sustainability and Empowerment (ARISE), represented by its president, Arze Glipo, and Igorot Warriors International Inc. (IWI), represented by its chairperson, Jerson Bantag, on Thursday. The SC ordered Comelec to comment on the petitions within a non-extendible period of 10 days and in the meantime, honor the restraining order by not enforcing its registration dismissal orders. The Comelec dismissed the petitions for registration of IWI on September 22 and ARISE on August 11. Theirmotions for reconsideration were turned down on December 1, prompting them to take their cases to the SC. The party-list system is an innovation of the Constitution s
The TRO bars the Comelec from implementing a resolution which kept three party-list groups out of a virtual raffle on ballot slots. The implications are unclear as the raffle has already been conducted.