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2013-10-22 |
REYES, J. |
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| In V.C. Cadangen v. Commission on Elections,[37] this Court denied the Alliance of Civil Servants, Inc.'s (or Civil Servants') Petition for failing to comply with the law and for declaring an untruthful statement in its Memorandum, as found by the Commission on Elections. As proof of a nationwide constituency, Civil Servants presented a picture of its website where members allegedly discussed different issues confronting government employees and where it was asserted that its membership was divided into different working committees to address several issues of its sectors. Upon verification, the Commission on Elections' election officers reported that Civil Servants existed only in Parañaque City's First and Second Districts and in Quezon City's Fourth District. This finding was contrary to the petitioner's claim of national constituency in its Memorandum. In holding that the Commission on Elections did not commit grave abuse of discretion in issuing the assailed Resolutions,[38] this Court said: The COMELEC, after evaluating the documents submitted by petitioner, denied the latter's plea for registration as a sectoral party, not on the basis of its failure to prove its nationwide presence, but for its failure to show that it represents and seeks to uplift marginalized and underrepresented sectors. Further, the COMELEC found that petitioner made an untruthful statement in the pleadings and documents it submitted. | |||||
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2010-03-05 |
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| To repeat, the Court is not a trier of facts. The Court's function, as mandated by the Constitution, is merely to check whether or not the governmental branch or agency has gone beyond the constitutional limits of its jurisdiction, not that it simply erred or has a different view.[34] Time and again, the Court has held that a petition for certiorari against actions of the COMELEC is confined only to instances of grave abuse of discretion amounting to patent and substantial denial of due process, because the COMELEC is presumed to be most competent in matters falling within its domain.[35] | |||||