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House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal

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Country
  
Philippines

No. of positions
  
9

Location
  
Quezon City

Website
  
Official website

Composition method
  
Designation of the Chief JusticeNomination by the House of Representatives

The House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) is an electoral tribunal that decides election protests in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It consists of 6 representatives and 3 justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, who are designated by the Chief Justice. The equivalent tribunals for elections to the upper house is the Senate Electoral Tribunal and for president is the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. The tribunal is located at SET-HRET Building, Commission on Audit Compound, Quezon City.

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Members of the Tribunal receive a monthly allowance of 100,000 Philippine pesos on top of their regular salary.

Current members

The chairman is always the most senior associate justice of the Supreme Court.

Successful protests

  • 1998 election:
  • Amelita Villarosa (Occidental Mindoro): disqualified in 2000, replaced by Ricardo Quintos.
  • 2001 election:
  • Henry Lanot (Pasig): disqualified in 2004, replaced by Noel Cariño
  • Mark Jimenez (Manila): disqualified in 2003, not replaced
  • 2004 election:
  • Anuar Abubakar (Tawi-Tawi): disqualified in 2006, replaced by Nur Jaafar
  • 2007 election:
  • Danilo Fernandez (Laguna-1st): disqualified in 2009, reversed by the Supreme Court in 2010.
  • Alvin Sandoval (Malabon/Navotas): disqualified in 2009, replaced by Josephine Lacson-Noel
  • Henry Dueňas (Taguig-2nd): disqualified in 2010, replaced by Angelito Reyes
  • 2013 election:
  • Harlin Abayon (Northern Samar): replaced by Raul Daza, reversed by the Supreme Court in 2016.

    • References

    House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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