Senatorial candidate Raffy Tulfo (PNA file photo) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed a petition to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of broadcaster Raffy Tulfo who is running for senator. In a nine-page decision penned by Second Division presiding Commissioner Socorro Inting, the petition filed by Julieta Licup Pearson, who claimed to be married to the respondent was denied for lack of merit. "In sum, the Petition does not have any legal leg to stand on. On account of the foregoing disquisitions, it becomes readily apparent that the instant Petition is bereft of any merit. Hence, the instant Petition must be denied. Other matters deserve scant consideration. Wherefore, premises considered, the Petition is hereby denied," said the decision promulgated on Dec. 16, 2021, but was only made public on Thursday. The ruling said the petitioner failed to show proof of Tulfo's supposed material misrepresentation on his COC when she did not include