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Comelec provincial election supervisor-designate of Negros Oriental, lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano. (PNA photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Oriental on Monday said the poll body's dismissal of a petition for the cancellation of the certificate of candidacy (COC) of Gov. Roel Degamo, who is seeking reelection on May 9, is not yet final and executory. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, Comelec-Negros Oriental's provincial election supervisor-designate, told the Philippine News Agency that the petitioners are given five days upon date of receipt of a copy of the decision to file a motion for reconsideration with the Comelec en banc. If no motion for reconsideration has been filed, then the dismissal will become final and executory as "the Comelec will issue a writ of finality," he said. Castillano said provided such explanation following the governor's receipt last week of a copy of the decision from the Comel ....