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AKBAYAN Youth, Et Al vs. Commission On Election
AKBAYAN Youth, Et Al vs. Commission On Election
vs.
Commission On Election
Issue:
• Whether there was grave abuse of discretion
in issuing the COMELEC’s resolution to deny
the extended registration?
• Whether the court can compel the COMELEC
through an extraordinary writ of Mandamus
to conduct a special registration?
AKBAYAN Youth vs. COMELEC
Ruling:
• The right of suffrage is not at all absolute. It is
subject to existing substantive and procedural
requirements embodied in the constitution,
statute and other repositories of law.
AKBAYAN Youth vs. COMELEC