Government lawyers asked the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday, Oct. 21, to dismiss “for utter lack of merit” the petition which challenged the constitutionality of the law that postponed the Dec. 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE).
Government lawyers asked the Supreme Court on Friday, Oct. 21, to dismiss “for utter lack of merit” the petition which challenged the constitutionality of the law that postponed the Dec. 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections .
The Comelec and the OP’s comment was filed by Solicitor General Menardo I. Guevarra in compliance with the SC’s order issued last Oct. 18. The SC also set oral arguments on the petition on Friday, Oct. 21. As of posting, the legal debate is ongoing. “An interpretation which gives to the Comelec complete and absolute jurisdiction over all matters related to the election is anathema to both the wording and spirit of the Constitution,” it stressed.
“In allowing the date of the election for national officials to be fixed by law, the Constitution expressly granted the legislature the power to change the date of their election from that fixed by the Constitution,” it said.
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