Presumptive president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA - The chief of staff and spokesman of presumptive president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Tuesday appealed to the petitioners of the disqualification case against the runaway winner in the presidential race to stop pursuing their agenda of divisiveness and animosity. Atty. Victor Rodriguez said they should instead learn to respect the will of the majority who voted for Marcos and his running mate Inday Sara Duterte in the May 9 national and local elections. "I appeal to those who keep on pursuing this divisiveness, the people have spoken. The Filipino people have spoken and an overwhelming majority has voted President-elect Bongbong Marcos and Vice President-elect Inday Sara Duterte into office as President and Vice President. Learn to respect the will of the Filipino people," he said. Marcos' spokesman said they have yet to receive a copy of the petition that was filed befo
Just a day after the elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) released its ruling on Tuesday, May 10 on the motions for reconsideration (MRs) filed by the petitioners seeking the disqualification and the cancellation of the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of presidential candidate Ferdinand "
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed the motions for reconsideration on two sets of petitions seeking to disqualify presidential race frontrunner Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. On Tuesday, the Comelec en banc released its ruling that stemmed from petitioners who wanted Marcos dropped from the elections because of his alleged failure to file an income tax returns from 1982 to 1985 while he was a public official in Ilocos Norte. The petition of Fr. Christian Buenafe, Fides Lim, Ma. Edeliza Hernandez, Delia Lagman Sevilla, Roland Vibal, and Josephine Lascano was junked by the Second Division due to lack of merit. The resolution stated that "Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. (respondent)'s representations which are being questioned by the petitioners that respondent is eligible for the position of President and that he has not been meted the penalty of perpetual disqualif
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) Second Division has denied the petition seeking the cancellation of the certificate of candidacy (COC) of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
(MANILA BULLETIN file photo) The 32-page decision, according to Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez