The election season is very much far away as the country just concluded one a few months ago. But judging from a ruling that the Supreme Court (SC) had released on Sept. 10, 2022, talk about the next election is in the air as a game-changing “definition” will be part of it, and probably the next ele
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A Supreme Court decision which ruled that not being famous and not belonging to a political party are not sufficient grounds to be declared a nuisance candidate could be a gamechanger.
The SC ruling released last Saturday could pave the way to a significant shift in Philippine el
The Supreme Court lectured the Commission on Elections that the electoral process is not a popularity contest, as it took the side of a senatorial aspirant who was declared a nuisance candidate by the poll body for being unpopular in the May 2022 polls.
The Supreme Court has ruled that “unpopularity and non-membership in a political party” are not sufficient grounds for the Commission on Elections to declare an aspirant as a nuisance candidate.
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“Declaring one a nuisance candidate simply because he or she is not known to the entire country reduces the electoral process – a sacred instrument of democracy – to a mere popularity contest.”
In a unanimous full court decision, the SC – reiterating its previous rulings -