MAINTAINING that it did not commit grave abuse of discretion, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to reverse its ruling that declared Sen. Grace Poe qualified to run for president.

Commissioner Arthur Lim said that in its motion for reconsideration (MR), the Comelec asked the High Court to apply its own internal rules, specifically Section 2, Rule 12, which defines the court’s course of action on decisions that lack the required majority vote of the 15 justices.

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