MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC), during the resumption of its en banc sessions on Tuesday, affirmed the disqualification and cancellation of the certificates of candicacy (COC) of the following presidential candidates in the 2016 elections:

- G.R. No. 221618 (Ex-Governor Ephraim Ninoy Baldomero Defino v. Comelec First Division, et al.);
- G.R. No. 221650 (Buenafe A. Briggs v. Comelec En Banc and First Division, et al.);
- G.R. No. 221696 (Elly Velez Pamatong v. Comelec);
- G.R. No. 221718 (Juanita Mendoza Trocenio v. Comelec);
- G.R. No. 221769 (Rizalito Y. David v. Comelec En Banc and Second Division, et al.);
- G.R. No. 221778 (In re: Motu Proprio Petition to Declare as Nuisance Candidate, Commission on Elections, through the Law Department; Antonio Angoluan Obiña v. Comelec); and
- G.R. No. 221811 (Luisito Montalvo Falcon v. Comelec, et al.).

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The high court said there was no grave abuse of discretion on the part of the Comelec in declaring them nuisance candidates.

The high court also dismissed the petitions of the following party-list groups whose respective Petitions for Registration and Accreditation as Party-List were denied by the poll body:

- G.R. No. 221712 (Mindanao Alliance for Reforms [MAR], represented by its President, Binang S. Jaruni v. Comelec);
- G.R. No. 221728 (In re: Petition for Registration of Bagong Alyansang Manggagawang Pangtransportasyon Para sa Edukasyon at Reporma [BAMPER] Inc. as Regional Political Party…., represented by its President, Abraham H. Bio and Secretary General Richard S. Vitto v. Comelec);
- G.R. No. 221782 (In the Matter of the Registration as a Regional Political Party of the People's Movement for Democratic Governance (PMDG) Inc. … v. Comelec En Banc);
- G.R. No. 221785 (Aasenso sa Barangay [LAKAN] Inc., represented by Ariel S. Arceo v. Comelec); and
- G.R. No. 221711 (Nid Anima v. Comelec).

As to the petition of Vieva Farmers Coalition, represented by its President/Chairman Lilia M. Cruz v. Comelec, whose petition for registration as a sectoral organization under the Party-List system was denied by the Comelec, the high court gave Comelec a period of 10 days from notice to file its comment.

The poll body was also given the same period of time to respond to the petition of Scholarship ng Masa Party-List v. Comelec, et al., whose petition for registration as a sectoral organization under the Party-List system was also denied.