MANILA - A petitioner in one of the disqualification cases filed against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Monday urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to immediately decide on its pending motion for reconsideration (MR). In a letter submitted to the Comelec, the Akbayan party-list said it is only proper for the poll body to issue its ruling since "this decision is not just about one candidate." "It lies at the heart of what it means to have an election, and thus determine the future of our nation," read the letter signed by Akbayan Party-list nominees Percival Cendana and Raymond John Naguit. With only 49 days left before the May 9 elections, the group said the issue should be resolved as "this could rob many Filipinos of the ability to choose from a genuinely qualified list of candidates, and completely contaminate and debase their votes." "We, the undersigned members of Akbayan Party-list, respectfully request
MANILA - The Akbayan party-list on Tuesday asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reconsider its decision junking their petition to disqualify presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. from the May 9 elections. In a 16-page motion for reconsideration (MR), Akbayan chairperson emeritus Etta Rosales, First Nominee Percival Cendana, and Second Nominee Dr. RJ Naguit called on the Comelec en banc to reverse the decision of its First Division and include the points raised by retired Commissioner Rowena Guanzon in her separate opinion in the deliberation of the case. "Wherefore, the Petitioners respectfully pray that the Resolution dated 10 February 2022 of the Former First Division of this Honorable Commission be set aside and that the instant Petition for Disqualification be granted," the motion said. Cendana said they will pursue the case until the end. "The fight is far from over. Bongbong cannot just sweep this under the rug. His tax evasion c
MANILA - The Akbayan party-list on Tuesday asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reconsider its decision junking their petition to disqualify presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. from the May 9 elections. In a 16-page motion for reconsideration (MR), Akbayan chairperson emeritus Etta Rosales, First Nominee Percival Cendana, and Second Nominee Dr. RJ Naguit called on the Comelec en banc to reverse the decision of its First Division and include the points raised by retired Commissioner Rowena Guanzon in her separate opinion in the deliberation of the case. "Wherefore, the Petitioners respectfully pray that the Resolution dated 10 February 2022 of the Former First Division of this Honorable Commission be set aside and that the instant Petition for Disqualification be granted," the motion said. Cendana said they will pursue the case until the end. "The fight is far from over. Bongbong cannot just sweep this under the rug. His tax evasion c
Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon (File photo) MANILA - An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday said she will require the camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to present his notarized medical certificate following his failure to attend a preliminary conference of the disqualification cases filed against him last week. First Division presiding Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said she would order Dr. Benedict Francis Valdecanas, Marcos' attending physician, to submit a notarized medical certificate that was read by the respondent's lawyer during the January 7 preliminary conference. "Now I have to require the doctor who examined Marcos Jr to have his medical certificate notarized and indicate his medical license number," she posted on her Twitter account, @rowena guanzon Monday. Based on the medical certificate, the physician said Marcos had a temperature of 37.8 degrees Celsius, and his throat was hyperemic and sw