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Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez (File photo) MANILA - An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has come to the defense of the ruling of its First Division denying the three petitions to disqualify presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. from running in the May 9 polls. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez made the remark saying some who are reacting to the ruling are taking it out of context, emphasizing the First Division has not stated it is okay not to file an income tax return (ITR). "That has been said, the decision does say that but the decision was saying that in the context of trying to explain the difference between a crime of mala inse and mala prohibitum. This is a very important criminal law principle," he said in an online briefing on Friday. In explaining these principles, he said a crime mala inse is a "crime that is by itself naturally wrong". "For example, murder, you don't need a law to tell you that m

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