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BANAT vs. COMELEC (Resolution)

BARANGAY ASSOCIATION FOR NATIONAL ADVANCEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY (BANAT), Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (sitting as the National Board of Canvassers), Respondent. ARTS BUSINESS AND SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS, Intervenor. AANGAT TAYO, Intervenor. COALITION OF ASSOCIATIONS OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE PHILIPPINES, INC. (SENIOR CITIZENS), Intervenor.

G.R. No. 179271 | 2009-07-08

R E S O L U T I O N 

CARPIO, J.: 

The House of Representatives, represented by Speaker Prospero C. Nograles, filed a motion for leave to intervene in G.R. Nos. 179271 and 179295. The House of Representatives filed a motion for clarification in intervention and enumerated the issues for clarification as follows: 

A. There are only 219 legislative districts and not 220. Accordingly, the alloted seats for party-list representation should only be 54 and not 55. The House of Representatives seeks clarification on which of the party-list representatives shall be admitted to the Roll of Members considering that the Court declared as...