Tiburcio Marcos' petition to cancel certificate of candidacy (COC) of presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was the latest in the string of cases filed against him to be dismissed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), however, his disqualification cases are without a decision ye
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division ordered on Friday, Jan. 7, the petitioners as well as the camp of the respondent Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to submit their respective memoranda within 48 hours in connection to the disqualification case filed against the presidential aspiran
A new disqualification case was filed on Thursday, Dec. 2 against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong” Marcos Jr. by Akbayan Partylist as well as various sectoral leaders and martial law victims before the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
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Former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA - A second petition for disqualification has been filed against the presidential bid of former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. in the May 2022 polls has been filed at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday. In a 13-page petition for disqualification, the petitioners, led by the Akbayan Citizens Action Party (Akbayan), sought to disqualify the former lawmaker from running for president after being convicted of tax evasion in 1995. They added that such conviction prohibits him from holding public office. "Petitioners respectfully submit that the Respondent should be disqualified as a candidate for President of the Republic of the Philippines on the grounds, each of which is sufficient to disqualify the Respondent, namely the Respondent is perpetually disqualified from holding public office; the Respondent was convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude, and the Respondent was