The Supreme Court (SC) en banc on Tuesday junked a plea of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) asking for more time to submit its comment on a petition of former senator Richard Gordon and his party Bagumbayan-VNP Movement Inc., who urged the High Court to compel the poll body to implement the verified voter’s receipt in the May 2016 polls.

With the denial of an extension, the case will now be up for decision.

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