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UniTeam senatorial candidate Harry Roque (File photo) MANILA - UniTeam senatorial candidate Harry Roque has dismissed "imagined fears" that a Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. presidency is a prelude to another dictatorship and martial law era in the country. The anti-Marcos group's "paranoia," Roque said, should stop as institutional safeguards and international mechanisms are in place to deter any sitting Philippine president from ever placing the nation under martial rule. The former presidential spokesman said the 1987 Constitution provides stringent legislative and judicial oversight related to the country's declaration and imposition of martial law. Roque cited the presence of international bodies like the United Nation's Human Rights Council and Human Rights Committee that address human rights issues and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that administers criminal justice to perpetrators of gravest crimes. "Contrary to the disin ....
(File photo) MANILA - The May 9 national and local elections would likely be a "cleaner" process than in 2016 because an impeached official, like fugitive Andres Bautista, is not sitting as Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair, according to UniTeam senatorial candidate Harry Roque. The House of Representatives impeached Bautista over allegations of ill-gotten wealth and election-related offenses in 2017. Roque, a former party-list representative of the 17th Congress and presidential spokesperson before filing his Certificate of Candidacy, recalled that he was among the three congressmen who vigorously pursued Bautista's impeachment right from the Justice Committee level. He recently disclosed that he declined the Comelec chairmanship because the poll body should have a non-partisan head, unlike Bautista. "This year's presidential elections won't be marred by serious cheating allegations with the absence of Bautista, who has gone into hiding in the United S ....