Published May 19, 2021, 4:59 PM
The minority bloc in the House of Representatives assured parties involved in the on-going impeachment process against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen that “proper procedure” will be observed in resolving the case.
This developed as lawyer Larry Gadon, legal counsel for impeachment complainant Edwin Cordevilla, dared Leonen to give up his chairmanship of the 2021 Bar Examinations because the SC magistrate’s attention will be distracted by the impeachment case filed by his client.
Gadon said Leonen will also have his hands full defending himself from accusations that he failed to submit his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth (SALN) for income he received while teaching at the University of the Philippines.
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Published May 12, 2021, 7:53 PM
The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms has strongly endorsed the immediate approval of a bill that would impose stiff penalties and administrative sanctions on candidates, proclaimed winners and election officers found involved in the delay of electoral protests.
In Committee Report 0943, the House panel substituted House Bill 2761 to HB 9315 as it recommended passage of the measure that seeks expeditious resolution of electoral protests involving national, local or barangay poll results.
Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, principal author of HB 2761 said election protests puts into serious question the proclamation of the winning candidate.
By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News
Published May 7, 2021 10:33am The House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) has dismissed the protest filed against Kabataan party-list by You Against Corruption and Poverty (YACAP) party-list over alleged fraud and irregularities in the 2019 elections. YACAP party-list, through its first nominee Carol Jayne Lopez, alleged massive electoral fraud, anomalies, and irregularities in all the 341 protested clustered precincts in General Santos City, Cotabato, which include misreading of ballots, miscounting of votes, and the unexplained and improper rejection of ballots for YACAP. These led to a significant decrease in the number of votes for YACAP, Lopez claimed.
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Electoral protest vs. progressive youth partylist dismissed
Kabataan Party Rep. Sarah Elago (Photo by Gino Estella/Bulatlat)
SC Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said that it is “best for this tribunal to decline this importuning for a fishing expedition and dismiss the present Protest.”
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
MANILA – The House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal dismissed the election protest lodged against progressive Kabataan Partylist in a decision dated March 18, 2021.
In a six-page decision furnished to Bulatlat, Supreme Court Associate Justice Rosmari Carandang, the ponente and member of the electoral tribunal, said that You Against Corruption and Poverty (YACAP) Party-List has no legal standing to file the election protest against the youth group, citing the rule limiting the parties who can file an election protest.