While there’s already a Commission on Election (Comelec) en banc order for Gov. Noel Rosal to immediately vacate his post, residents of Albay province have responded with intensified support for the embattled official by ringing the Liberty bell, which started last month and continues up to now.
The Commission on Elections has granted a petition to disqualify Mayor Carmen Geraldine Rosal of Legazpi City in Albay for violating the 45-day spending ban in the May elections.
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Albay Governor Noel Rosal (PNA file photo) LEGAZPI CITY - Albay Governor Noel Rosal on Monday said he will continue to function as the provincial chief executive until the court orders with finality that he vacate the position. In a statement released through his social media account, Rosal said the resolution of the Commission on Election's (Comelec) First Division is not yet final and executory. "We have five days from receipt or up to 24 September, to file a motion for reconsideration to the Commission En Banc," he said. "The decision, final order or ruling of the Comelec En Banc may be brought to the Supreme Court on Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65 about Rule 64 of the Rules of Court but becomes executory after five days if no restraining order is issued by the Supreme Court." Meanwhile, in an interview with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in Albay, Comelec Provincial Election Supervisor, lawyer Maria Aurea C. Bo-Bunao, confirmed the disqualifi