Convenors of opposition coalition 1Sambayan believe that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will do the right thing and implement the law on the disqualification case against presidential aspirant former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. READ:
Convenors of opposition coalition 1Sambayan believe that the Commission on Elections will do the right thing and implement the law on the disqualification case against presidential aspirant former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Thursday, Jan. 6, that the poll body will decide on time just as it did on the disqualification cases filed against Senator Grace Poe and the late movie star Fernando Poe Jr.
Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon will preside on Friday, Jan. 7, over the preliminary conference on Akbayan’s disqualification case against Marcos. Section 12 of the Omnibus Election Code states that anyone who “has been sentenced by final judgment” for any offense with a penalty of more than 18 months “or for a crime involving moral turpitude, shall be disqualified to be a candidate and to hold any office.”
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