The Supreme Court has ruled to uphold the Commission on Elections' junking of the disqualification petition against Senator Raffy Tulfo due to lack of jurisdiction.In its decision last April 3 but was only released to the media through a press statement on Monday, the SC has maintained the Comelec en banc's position that the poll body has no longer jurisdiction over a disqualification case filed against an incumbent senator.
It stated that once a winning candidate had been proclaimed, taken oath, and assumed office, the Comelec's jurisdiction over election contests relating to their election, returns, and qualifications ceases, and the SET assumes jurisdiction. Pearson failed to timely file the appropriate case before the SET and cannot remedy this failure by invoking the Court’s certiorari powers," the high court ruled.
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