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Kabataan Party-List vs. COMELEC [DECISION]

KABATAAN PARTY-LIST, REPRESENTED BY REPRESENTATIVE JAMES MARK TERRY L. RIDON AND MARJOHARA S. TUCAY; SARAH JANE I. ELAGO, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS OF THE PHILIPPINES; VENCER MARI E. CRISOSTOMO, CHAIRPERSON OF THE ANAKBAYAN; MARC LINO J. ABILA, NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE EDITORS GUILD OF THE PHILIPPINES; EINSTEIN Z. RECEDES, DEPUTY SECRETARY- GENERAL OF ANAKBAYAN; CHARISSE BERNADINE I. BAÑEZ, CHAIRPERSON OF THE LEAGUE OF FILIPINO STUDENTS; ARLENE CLARISSE Y. JULVE, MEMBER OF ALYANSA NG MGA GRUPONG HALIGI NG AGHAM AT TEKNOLOHIYA PARA SA MAMAMAYAN (AGHAM); AND SINING MARIA ROSA L. MARFORI, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ELECTIONS, ON RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 221318 | 2015-12-16

D E C I S I O N
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
Rights beget responsibilities; progress begets change.

Before the Court is a petition for certiorari and prohibition[1] filed by herein petitioners Kabataan Party-List, represented by Representative James Mark Terry L. Ridon and National President Marjohara S. Tucay; Sarah Jane I. Elago, President of the National Union of Students of the Philippines; Veneer Mari E. Crisostomo and Einstein Z. Recedes, Chairperson and Deputy Secretary-General of Anakbayan, respectively; Marc Lino J. Abila, National President of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines; Charisse...