{"id":100502,"date":"2017-04-30T20:19:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T00:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=100502"},"modified":"2017-04-30T20:19:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T00:19:51","slug":"sc-junks-plea-vs-comelec-decision-affirming-la-union-solons-candidacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/30\/sc-junks-plea-vs-comelec-decision-affirming-la-union-solons-candidacy\/","title":{"rendered":"SC junks plea vs Comelec decision affirming La Union solon&#8217;s candidacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_100503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100503\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eriguel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100503\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eriguel.jpg\" alt=\"In particular, the SC said Eriguel had won in the elections, had been proclaimed, had taken her oath and assumed office as member of the House of Representatives. (Photo: Philippine News Agency)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eriguel.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/eriguel-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In particular, the SC said Eriguel had won in the elections, had been proclaimed, had taken her oath and assumed office as member of the House of Representatives. (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/\">Philippine News Agency<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed the petition filed against the Commission on Elections for upholding the candidacy of La Union Second District Rep. Sandra Young Eriguel.<\/p>\n<p>The SC junked the petition for certiorari filed by Eriguel\u2019s rival Paulino Nonan questioning her candidacy and qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe court dismissed this petition\u2026for failure to show that the respondent Commission on Elections (Comelec) committed grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess in jurisdiction when in its February 15, 2017 resolution, it dismissed for lack of jurisdiction petitioner\u2019s petition to deny due course to or cancel certificate of candidacy of Eriguel\u2026\u201d read the court resolution dated March 27, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>According to the SC, records show that during the pendency of the case with the Comelec, supervening factors had taken place.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, the SC said Eriguel had won in the elections, had been proclaimed, had taken her oath and assumed office as member of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is jurisprudentially settled that once a winning candidate had been proclaimed, taken her oath, and assumed office, the Comelec\u2019s jurisdiction over election contests relating to her election, returns, and qualifications ends, and the HRET\u2019s [House of Representative Electoral Tribunal] own jurisdiction begins,\u201d the high court noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fine, the Comelec did not commit any grave abuse of discretion when it declared that it had already lost jurisdiction over the case when during the pendency thereof, respondent had been elected a member of the House\u2026\u201d the court further held in its ruling promulgated by clerk of court Felipa Anama.<\/p>\n<p>The SC also said that the proper authority to resolve the question on respondent\u2019s qualifications is now the HRET.<\/p>\n<p>Under Article VI, Section 17 of the Constitution, the Senate and the House shall each have an electoral tribunal which shall be the sole judge of all contests relating to the election, returns, and qualifications of their respective members.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed the petition filed against the Commission on Elections for upholding the candidacy of La Union &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":100503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[10427,18535,1144],"class_list":["post-100502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-commission-on-election","tag-la-union-second-district-rep-sandra-young-eriguel","tag-supreme-court","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}