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Jose Angara was proclaimed member-elect of the National Assembly for the
district of Tayabas
On Dec 8, 1935, Pedro Ynsua filed a protest before the Electoral Commission
regarding the said election
On Dec. 9, 1935, the electoral commission adopted a resolution fixing the said
date as the last day for filing protests against the election.
Angara filed for the dismissal of the protest saying that the protest was filed out
of the prescribes period because the National Assembly has already confirmed it
ISSUE(S):
1.Whether or not the Supreme Court has jurisdiction over the Electoral Commission
and the subject matter of the controversy
2. Whether or not the Electoral commission has acted without or in excess of its
jurisdiction
HELD:
1 Yes. That in case of conflict between several dept. and among agencies, the
judiciary, wth the Supreme Court as the final arbiter, is the only constitutional
mechanism devised finally to resolve the conflict and allocate constitutional
boundaries.
2 No. Electoral Commission was acting within the legitimate exercise of its
constitutional prerogative in assuming to take cognizance of the protest filed
by the respondent Ynsua against the election of the petitioner Angara , and
that the resolution of the National assembly of Dec3, 1935 cannot in any
manner toll the time for filing protests against the election, returns and
qualification of members of the National assembly, nor prevent the filing of a
protest within such time as the rules of the electoral commission might
prescribe.
RATIO: