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Presidential Electoral Tribunal

Philippine government commission overseeing head of state selection protests From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Presidential Electoral Tribunal
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The Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) is an electoral tribunal that decides election protests involving the election of the President of the Philippines and Vice President of the Philippines.[2] It is composed of justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The equivalent tribunals for the Congress of the Philippines are House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal and the Senate Electoral Tribunal.

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It was established under Republic Act No. 1793 on June 21, 1957 during the term of then President Carlos P. Garcia and re-constituted under Batas Pambansa Blg. 884 (National Law No. 884) on December 3, 1985 during the term of then President Ferdinand Marcos.[2]

Members of the Tribunal receive a monthly allowance of 100,000 Philippine pesos on top of their regular salary.[3]

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