The Supreme Courtroom constructing in Manila. Picture by Niño Jesus Orbeta/INQUIRER
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Courtroom (SC) on Tuesday ordered the Fee on Elections (Comelec), in addition to Congress, to touch upon a petition searching for to declare the legislation suspending the 2025 barangay and sangguniang kabataan elections (BSKE) unconstitutional.
In keeping with SC spokesperson Atty. Camille Ting, the SC en banc issued the directive throughout its session on Tuesday.
“The Supreme Courtroom en banc throughout its session at present, August 19, 2025, directed respondents Senate, Home of Representatives, Government Secretary Lucas Bersamin, and the [Comelec] to touch upon Romulo Macalintal’s petition and prayer for TRO (non permanent restraining order) inside a non-extendible interval of 10 days from discover,” Ting mentioned in a message to reporters.
It was solely final Aug. 13 when President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the legislation suspending this 12 months’s BSKE from Dec. 1, 2025 to Nov. 2, 2026.
READ: Marcos indicators legislation suspending BSKE to Nov. 2026; officers’ phrases prolonged
That is in order that the federal government might give attention to the first-ever parliamentary elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Area in Muslim Mindanao.
Nevertheless, Macalintal in a petition challenged the legislation earlier than the SC and looked for the Excessive Courtroom to declare it unconstitutional, thereby stopping the implementation of the legislation and directing Comelec to proceed with its preparations on the unique schedule. /das
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