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Alliance for Rural and Agrarian Reconstruction, Inc., alos known as (ARARO) Party List Vs. Commission on Elections

ALLIANCE FOR RURAL . AND AGRARIAN RECONSTRUCTION, INC., ALSO KNOWN AS ARARO PARTY-LlST, Petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondent.

G.R. No. 192803 | 2013-12-10

EN BANC
 
DECISION
 
LEONEN,J.:
 
It is beyond human expectations that we charge voters with knowledge as to which among the many party-list groups listed in the ballot they are presented with during election day is disqualified. To do so will amount to their disenfranchisement and the failure to comply with the proportionality for party-list representatives required by the Constitution and by law.
 
We are asked to decide the Petition for Review on Certiorari filed by a party-list group that ran for the 2010 national elections. The petitioner questions the validity of the formula used by the...