A petition to cancel the certificate of candidacy of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in Eleksyon 2022 has reached the Supreme Court, asking for an issuance of a temporary restraining order to block the counting of votes cast for him and his proclamation should he win.
The Commission on Elections had initiated its own probe into the malfunctioning vote counting machines and SD cards during May 9 elections, even before President Rodrigo Duterte spoke about it.
The proclamation of winning senators and party-lists in the recently concluded elections is expected not later than Sunday, May 15, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia said Friday.
“Bagamat ikinalulungkot namin ito, iginagalang namin ang pasya ng lokal na pamahalaan. Nananabik kaming makasama ang mga kaibigan, kapwa-volunteer, supporter, at kapwa Pilipino sa Ateneo grounds bukas,” their camp said.
“Apologies po, but I have to stress that the Commission has yet to decide on this. There is no Resolution yet approved and promulgated. It was a statement of me having remembered that there was a similar instance in the 2019 NLE,” Laudiangco.