8/4/2019 Abbas vs Senate Electoral Tribunal

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ABBAS VS SENATE ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL

Facts:

This is a Special Civil Action for certiorari to nullify and set aside the Resolutions of the SenateElectoral Tribunal dated February 12, 1988 and May 27, 1988, denying, respectively, the

petitioners' Motion for Disqualification or Inhibition and their Motion for Reconsideration

thereafter filed.

Senator Members of the Senate Electoral Tribunal were being asked to inhibit themselves in

hearing SET Case No. 002-87 as they are considered interested parties, therefore leaving the

Senate Electoral Tribunal senateless, and all remaining members coming from the judiciary.

Issue:

WON the SET can function without the Senator members.

Ruling:

The Supreme Court dismissed the petition for certiorari for lack of merit and affirmed the

decision of the Tribunal to not let Senator-Members to inhibit or disqualify himself, rather, just

let them refrain from participating in the resolution of a case where he sincerely feels that his

personal interests or biases would stand in the way of an objective and impartial judgment.