A Philippine elections official, who voted to disqualify the son and namesake of the former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos in upcoming presidential elections, has alleged that the Philippines Commission on Elections is planning to nullify her vote after she retired yesterday.
Commissioner Rowena Guanzon last week said that she voted to disqualify Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr from the race due to a 1997 tax conviction she said was an offense that involved “moral turpitude,” one of the grounds under Philippine law barring a candidate from seeking public office.
Guanzon has since said that a fellow commissioner, who is drafting the main ruling
A dictator’s son, an actor-turned-mayor and a champion boxer: An eclectic mix of personalities has declared that they would compete to become the Philippines’ next president.
More than 60 million Filipinos are eligible to go to the polls to decide who should replace President Rodrigo Duterte, who is nearing the end of his six-year term limit.
“Some call it a circus, I actually call it a fiesta,” Ateneo de Manila University School of Government dean Tony La Vina said. “It’s going to be very interesting, with lots of twists and turns.”
The election in May next year comes at a crucial time for
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