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Jocelyn Sy Limkaichong Vs. COMELEC

JOCELYN SY LIMKAICHONG, Petitioner vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, NAPOLEON N. CAMERO and RENALD F. VILLANDO, Respondents

G.R. Nos. 178831-32 | 2009-04-01

D E C I S I O N 


PERALTA, J.:

Once a winning candidate has been proclaimed, taken his oath, and assumed office as a Member of the House of Representatives, the jurisdiction of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal begins over election contests relating to his election, returns, and qualifications, and mere allegation as to the invalidity of her proclamation does not divest the Electoral Tribunal of its jurisdiction. 

At the core of these contentious consolidated petitions are: (1) the Joint Resolution[1] of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Second Division dated May 17, 2007, disqualifying Jocelyn D. Sy Limkaichong...