The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Friday, June 2, that the Second Division has granted the petition to cancel the registration of An Waray Party-list after its failure to comply with laws, rules or regulations relating to elections.
In a statement sent by Comelec spokesman John Rex Laudiangco, this is in relation to Section 6 of Republic Act No. 7941.
"Without a Certificate of Proclamation for its second nominee, An Waray was entitled to one seat only in relation to the 2013 National and Local Elections, thus Atty. Noel's assumption to office as Representative of An Waray had no legal basis," the poll body added. However, the initial allocation of two seats was subsequently recomputed to be one seat only, pursuant to National Board of Canvassers Resolution No. 13-030/004-14 promulgated on Aug 20, 2014.
Comelec also stated that the recomputation of seats was made following the Supreme Court's order, in Abang Lingkod Party-list vs. COMELEC, to proclaim Abang Lingkod Party-list as one of the winning PL groups in the 2013 NLE with the number of seats it may be entitled to, and in view of the then-pendency of the case of Senior Citizens Party-List before the SC.
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