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MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has disqualified 17 party list groups and three nuisance candidates based on the recommendation of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).
This, after the high court dismissed their appeals.
According to the Supreme Court, there is no grave abuse of discretion on the part of COMELEC to dismiss their application for registration and accreditation of the 17 regional and sectoral party-list groups in their bid to join the elections. These are Ang Bayaning Kawal at Pulis Incorporated (ABAKAP), Alyansa ng Katutubong Pilipino (AKAP), Association of Direct Vendors, Agents, Networking Circles, and Entrepreneurs (ADVANCE), Witnesses for a Transparent and Equitable Society, Lingap Balen, Sulong Katutubo, Ating Aral Regional (NCR), Essential New Generation in Needs of Energy and Environment Resources, Inc. (ENGINEER), Philippine Alliance for Responsible Trade by Nation Builders, Alliance of Public Transport Organization, Inc. (I-APTO), Pilipinas Para sa Pinoy (PPP), Chronic Kidney Disease (Ang CKD), Angat Ahon Magsasaka, Inc. (AAM), Women and Child Crime Abuse Assistance (WACCAA), Ang Siguro, Inc., United Women Against Poverty (UWAP), and Isang Lapian ng Mangingisda at Bayan Tungo sa Kaunlaran (1-LAMBAT).
There is also no abuse of authority when the commission declared as nuisance candidates and moved to cancel the COC’s of Camilo Sabio and Vetallano Acosta who were both running for president, and the COC of Gion Villamor Gounet for senator. (RODERIC MENDOZA / UNTV News)
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