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ANGKLA and SBP vs. COMELEC, etc. [DISSENTING OPINION, GESMUNDO, J.]

ANGKLA: ANG PARTIDO NG MGA PILIPINONG MARINO, INC. (ANGKLA), AND SERBISYO SA BAYAN PARTY (SBP), PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (SITTING AS THE NATIONAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS), CHAIRMAN SHERIFF M. ABAS, COMMISSIONER AL A. PARRENO. COMMISSIONER LUIE TITO F. GUIA, COMMISSIONER MA. ROWENA AMELIA V. GUANZON, COMMISSIONER SOCCORRO B. INTING, COMMISSIONER MARLON S. CASQUEJO, AND COMMISSIONER ANTONIO T. KHO, JR., RESPONDENTS. AKSYON MAGSASAKA - TINIG PARTIDO NG MASA (AKMA-PTM), PETITIONER-IN-INTERVENTION.

G.R. No. 246816 | 2020-09-15

DISSENTING OPINION


GESMUNDO, J.:

In this amended petition for certiorari and prohibition, petitioners' Angkla: Ang Partido ng mga Marinong Pilipino (Angkla) and Serbisyo sa Bayan Party (SBP) together with petitioner-in-intervention Aksyon Magsasaka - Partido Tinig ng Masa (AKMA-PTM) assail respondent Commission on Elections' (acting as the National Board of Canvassers; COMELEC, for brevity) resolution in NBOC Resolution No. 004-19, alleging that the same was tainted with grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction.

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