MANILA: The Supreme Court (SC) will no longer entertain any appeal over its decision on the party-list system, the spokesman for the high court said.
“It means no more appeal or MR (motion for reconsideration) will be entertained by the court,” SC spokesman Theodore Te said.
Te said the decision has an “immediately executory” clause that has the same effect as that of a “final and executory” ruling.
He said the ruling that allows groups not representing “marginalised and underrepresented sectors” to participate in the elections is “immediately executory” and should therefore be enforced right away. “The court makes a decision immediately executory when there’s urgency to enforce it – just like in this case; the relief prayed for by petitioners was urgent since there are only a few weeks left before the polls. That’s why the court will no longer entertain an appeal,” he explained. Te clarified that “immediately executory” is not the same as “final and executory” – a ruling that is ready to be placed in the high court’s entry of judgment.
He said a final and executory ruling is applied to cases that have gone through the appeal processes in the court, including the resolution of MR. “In case of rulings with ‘immediately executory’ clause, the aggrieved party may opt to file an appeal, but the high court will only act on it procedurally. In all previous cases, the high court never reconsidered,” Te said.
The Philippine Star
