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	GR No. 203646 2013-04-16	SAMSON S. ALCANTARA v. COMELEC BRION, J.
Under the Constitution, the COMELEC is empowered to register political parties.[12] More specifically, as part of its power to enforce and administer laws relative to the conduct of an election, the COMELEC possesses the power to register national, regional, and sectoral parties or organizations or coalitions for purposes of the party-list system of elections.[13] It is the party-list group's registration under the party-list system that confers juridical personality on the party-list group for election related purposes.[14]
	GR No. 190793 2012-06-19	MAGDALO PARA SA PAGBABAGO v. COMELEC SERENO, J.
Thus, to join electoral contests, a party or organization must undergo the two-step process of registration and accreditation, as this Court explained in Liberal Party v. COMELEC:[26]
	GR No. 190529 2011-03-22	PHILIPPINE GUARDIANS BROTHERHOOD v. COMELEC BRION, J.
Although the recent case of Liberal Party v. Commission on Elections,[22] involved the registration of political parties, we found that the Comelec gravely abused its discretion in allowing the out of time registration of the NP-NPC coalition despite the mandatory deadline the Comelec itself had set. In this case, we underscored the significance of the Comelec's compliance with its self-imposed deadlines, particularly in the implementation of the first-ever automated elections of May 10, 2010.