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Liberal Party, etc. et al. Vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

LIBERAL PARTY, represented by its President Manuel A. Roxas II and Secretary General Joseph Emilio A. Abaya, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, NACIONALISTA PARTY, represented by its President Manuel B. Villar and NATIONALIST PEOPLE'S COALITION, allegedly represented by its Chairman Faustino S. Dy, Jr.,Respondents.

G.R. No. 191771 | 2010-05-06

D E C I S I O N 


BRION, J.: 

This case poses to the Court, at this very late stage of our election period, issues involving the registration of political coalitions, the grant of accreditation to the dominant parties under the first time ever automated election system in the country, and validity of the COMELEC en banc's (en banc) authority to act on the registration of political coalitions. 

The challenged ruling is a Per Curiam Resolution of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC)[1] dated April 12, 2010 in SPP-10-(DM) granting the application for registration of the Nacionalista Party-Nationalist People's Coalition (NP-NPC or...