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The Comelec found Masangcay guilty of contempt for opening election ballot boxes without proper authorization. Masangcay argued the Comelec did not have the power to punish for contempt. The Supreme Court agreed, finding the Comelec is an administrative body that lacks inherent judicial powers, like the power to punish for contempt. While it can perform quasi-judicial functions related to elections, it exceeded its jurisdiction in punishing Masangcay for contempt through exercising a judicial power it did n

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