The Commission on Elections en banc on Monday reversed an earlier decision of the Second Division disqualifying Cagayan Gov. Manuel Mamba in the May 2022 general elections.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Thursday, Oct. 20 that it will work even harder to hurdle the remaining budget processes in the Senate Plenary.
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In a statement sent by Comelec Spokesman John Rex Laudiangco, he stated that the poll body, led by Comelec Chairman George
Poll Commissioner Aimee Ferolino will sit as the acting chair of the Comelec's Committee on Firearms and Security Concerns after the en banc deferred the deliberations on the resignation of Commissioner Socorro Inting as the chairperson of the panel.
Commission on Elections Commissioner Socorro Inting has tendered her irrevocable resignation as chairman of the Committee on the Ban on Firearms and Security Concerns “in protest” to a decision giving Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan the power to grant gun ban exemptions and place areas under Comelec’s control.