The decision of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on electoral protests is just as powerful as those of the Supreme Court, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. said on Wednesday.

Belmonte, a lawyer, made the stance hours after the High Court issued a decision affirming the Commission on Elections’ ruling disqualifying incumbent Rep. Regina Reyes of Marinduque as a Congressional candidate for the 2013 polls because of Reyes’ alleged American citizenship.

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