THE Supreme Court (SC) has turned down a petition filed by a bankers group and a businessman that questioned the money ban ordered by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) during the national and local elections in May.

In a decision penned by Senior Associate Justice Arturo Brion, the Court en banc dismissed the petition filed by the Bankers Association of the Philippines and Perry Pe, assailing the constitutionality and legality of Comelec Resolution 9688 dated May 7, 2013, entitled In the Matter of Implementing a Money Ban to Deter and Prevent Vote-Buying in connection with the May 13, 2013 National and Local polls.

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