House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal

House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal
Country	Philippines
Location	Quezon City
Composition method	Designation of the Chief Justice
Number of positions	9
Website	Official website

The House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) is an electoral tribunal that decides election protests in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It consists of 6 representatives and 3 justices of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, who are designated by the Chief Justice. The equivalent tribunals for elections to the upper house is the Senate Electoral Tribunal and for president is the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. The tribunal is located at SET-HRET Building, Commission on Audit Compound, Quezon City.

Members of the Tribunal receive a monthly allowance of 100,000 Philippine pesos on top of their regular salary.^[1]

Current members

The chairman is always a justice of the Supreme Court.

16th Congress (July 1, 2013–Present)^[2]

Members	Position/Party		District	Term
Presbitero Velasco		Supreme Court associate justice (Chairman)	N/A
Diosdado Peralta		Supreme Court associate justice	N/A
Lucas Bersamin		Supreme Court associate justice	N/A
Franklin Bautista		Liberal	Davao del Sur	July 1, 2013–June 30, 2016
Joselito Mendoza		Liberal	Bulacan	July 1, 2013–June 30, 2016
Mark Enverga		Nacionalista	Quezon	July 1, 2013–June 30, 2016
Ma. Theresa Bonoan-David		NUP	Manila	July 1, 2013–June 30, 2016
Jerry Treñas		Liberal	Iloilo City	July 1, 2013–June 30, 2016
Luzviminda Ilagan		GABRIELA	Party-list	July 1, 2013–June 30, 2016

Successful protests

• 1998 election:
  • Amelita Villarosa (Occidental Mindoro): disqualified in 2000, replaced by Ricardo Quintos.^[3]
• 2001 election:
  • Henry Lanot (Pasig): disqualified in 2004, replaced by Noel Cariño
  • Mark Jimenez (Manila): disqualified in 2003, not replaced^[4][5]
• 2004 election:
  • Anuar Abubakar (Tawi-Tawi): disqualified in 2006, replaced by Nur Jaafar
• 2007 election:
  • Danilo Fernandez (Laguna-1st): disqualified in 2009, reversed by the Supreme Court in 2010.^[6][7]
  • Alvin Sandoval (Malabon/Navotas): disqualified in 2009, replaced by Josephine Lacson-Noel
  • Henry Dueňas (Taguig-2nd): disqualified in 2010, replaced by Angelito Reyes^[8]
• 2013 election:
  • Harlin Abayon (Northern Samar): replaced by Raul Daza, reversed by the Supreme Court in 2016.^[9]

References

1. Diaz, Jess (August 8, 2014). "Reduction in Senate electoral tribunal's funding sought". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
2. "6 lawmakers named as HRET members". The Philippine Star. 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
3. "MA. AMELITA C. VILLAROSA, PETITIONER, VS. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL AND RICARDO V. QUINTOS, RESPONDENTS.". Senate Electoral Tribunal. 2010-09-14. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
4. "Jimenez disqualified as congressman". Gulf News. 2003-03-07. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
5. "MJ appeals disqualification from House seat". Philstar News. 2003-03-19. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
6. "Laguna solon loses HRET appeal". ABS-CBN News. 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
7. "G. R. No. 187478". Supreme Court of the Philippines. 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
8. "G. R. No. 185401". Supreme Court of the Philippines. 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
9. "G. R. No. 222236" (PDF). Supreme Court of the Philippines. 2016-05-03. Retrieved 2016-05-31.