THE Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the power of the Commission on Elections chairman to appoint election officers under the poll body.

In a full court ruling, the high tribunal dismissed the petition filed in 2013 by lawyer Teofilo Gala Tamolang, Jr., who had applied for the position of Election Officer III in Santiago City, Isabela but whose application was denied by then Comelec chairman Sixto Brillantes.

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