THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has informed the Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), that it has the power and jurisdiction for the Annulment of Elections in the Mindanao provinces in cases where there is massive fraud as in the protest filed by former senator Ferdinand  "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. against Vice President Leonor "Leni" Robredo.

In its Comment before the high tribunal, the poll body said that the PET can rule on the Annulment of Votes under the 1987 Constitution and the 2010 Rules of the PET.

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