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Maria lourdes B. Locsin Vs. House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal and Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo

Maria Lourdes B. Locsin, Petitioner, Vs. House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal and Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo, Respondents.

G.R. No. 204123 | 2013-03-19

 
 
EN BANC 
 
DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
The Constitution provides that public respondent House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) is the sole judge of all contests relating to the election, returns, and qualifications of their members.1 This Court’s jurisdiction to review HRET’s decisions and orders is exercised only upon showing that HRET acted with grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction. Otherwise, this Court will not interfere with an electoral tribunal’s exercise of its discretion or jurisdiction.2
 
This is a Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition...