THE Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday reversed a poll body ruling that disqualified the Senior Citizens Party-list group from the May 2013 election, saying the action was “unfair” and “arbitrary.”
During the tribunal’s en banc session yesterday, the 15 justices granted the petition filed by the Coalition of Associations of Senior Citizens in the Philippines that sought to junk the order of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) disqualifying the group and allow it to secure seats in the House of Representatives.
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