MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has issued temporary restraining orders (TROs) in favor of two party-list organizations seeking to join next year's elections. The TROs dated December 29 addressed to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) was issued in favor of Abante Sambayanan (Sambayanan) and the Ayuda sa May Kapansanan. The order also required Comelec to comment on the petitioner within 10 days. The SC also asked the poll body to temporarily refrain from implementing its October 5 orders which rejected their registration as party-list groups and its resolution dated December 1 denying their motions for reconsideration. The high court earlier issued similar TROs against the Comelec decision to deny the registration of three other party-list groups namely the Ang Tinig ng Seniors sa Filipinas Inc. the Alliance for Resilience, Sustainability and Empowerment (ARISE), represented by its president, Arze Glipo, and Igorot Warriors International Inc. (IWI), represented by its chairperson
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