Rowena V. Guanzon
The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Maria Rowena Amelia V. Guanzon, who took her oath as member of Congress as representative of a party-list group, to explain why she should not be held in contempt for publicly discussing
Supreme Court The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday, June 29, stopped the House of Representatives from allowing former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Maria Rowena Amelia V. Guanzon to assume the post as representative of the Komunidad ng Pamilya, Pasyente at Persons with Disabilit
MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) stopping the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from allowing the substitution of former Comelec commissioner Rowena Amelia V. Guanzon as party-list representative. The order stopped the Comelec and the House of Representatives from allowing Guanzon and the other substituting nominees to assume office as member of the 19th Congress during the pendency of the case. The SC also required the Comelec, House of Representatives, Komunidad ng Pamilya, Pasyente at Persons with Disabilities (P3PWD) Party-List and its nominees led by Guanzon to comment on the petition within a non-extendible period of 10 days. A party-list group earlier filed a petition before the SC questioning the circumstances under which the Comelec allowed its former commissioner to be nominated as a party-list group candidate. In its petition, the Duterte Youth (Duty to Energize the Republic through the Enlightenment of the Youth) through chairman Ro
Rowena V. Guanzon The Supreme Court (SC) was asked on Tuesday, June 21, to nullify a Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruling that allowed the nomination of the poll body’s former Commissioner Maria Rowena Amelia V. Guanzon to represent the Komunidad ng Pamilya, Pasyente at Persons with Disabili