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19.abayon vs. House of Rep
19.abayon vs. House of Rep
Corona (Chairperson),
Mendoza, JJ., concur.
Velasco,
Jr.,
Peralta
and
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*EN BANC.
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qualifications as nominees.
If at all, says petitioner Abayon, such authority belongs
to the COMELEC which already upheld her qualification
as nominee of Aangat Tayo for the women sector. For
Palparan,
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3Rollo (G.R. No. 189506), pp. 5354.
4Id., at pp. 8384.
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5 Section 17.The Senate and the House of Representatives shall
each have an Electoral Tribunal which shall be the sole judge of all
contests relating to the election, returns, and qualifications of their
respective Members. Each Electoral Tribunal shall be composed of nine
Members, three of whom shall be Justices of the Supreme Court to be
designated by the Chief Justice, and the remaining six shall be Members
of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, who
shall be chosen on the basis of proportional representation from the
political parties and the parties or organizations registered under the
partylist system represented therein. The senior Justice in the Electoral
Tribunal shall be its Chairman.
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