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ISSUES:
1. Whether or not the SC has jurisdiction over such matter.
2. Whether or not EC acted without or in excess of jurisdiction in taking cognizance
of the election protest.
HELD:
1. The SC ruled in favor of Angara. The SC emphasized that in cases of conflict
between the several departments and among the agencies thereof, the judiciary,
with the SC as the final arbiter, is the only constitutional mechanism devised
finally to resolve the conflict and allocate constitutional boundaries.
2. That judicial supremacy is but the power of judicial review in actual and
appropriate cases and controversies, and is the power and duty to see that no
one branch or agency of the government transcends the Constitution, which is
the source of all authority.
3. That the Electoral Commission is an independent constitutional creation with
specific powers and functions to execute and perform, closer for purposes of
classification to the legislative than to any of the other two departments of the
government.
4. That the Electoral Commission is the sole judge of all contests relating to the
election, returns and qualifications of members of the National Assembly.