Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from enforcing its order dismissing the registration of Ang Tinig ng Senior Citizens sa Filipinas Inc. (Ang Tinig ng Seniors). The TRO dated December 17 also ordered Comelec to comment within a non-extendible period of 10 days . Comelec dismissed the petition for registration of Ang Tinig ng Seniors on October 12. The party-list group's motion for reconsideration was likewise turned down on December 1. The SC previously issued a similar TRO in favor of two other rejected groups,Alliance for Resilience, Sustainability and Empowerment (ARISE) and Igorot Warriors International Inc. (IWI). Comelec rejected 126 groups bidding to register as party-lists for the 2022 elections on November 17. Of the 270 party-list groups that filed their Certificates of Nomination and Acceptance during the filing period from October 1 to 8, a total of 53 g
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