The Comelec Second Division said that they found it “ironic” that it was the petitioners who accused pres. aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. of making material representations when “they themselves are guilty” of the supposed act.
In its unanimous ruling on Monday, Jan. 17, the Commission on Elections Second Division said that they found it “ironic” that it was the petitioners who accused presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. of making material representations when “they themselves are guilty” of the supposed act.
Petitioners Fr. Christian Buenafe of Task Force Detainees, Fides Lim of Kapatid, Ma Edeliza Hernandez of Medical Action Group, Celia Lagman Sevilla of Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance, Roland Vibal of PH Alliance of Human Rights, and Josephine Lasvano of Balay Rehab Center filed a petition to cancel Marcos’ COC which according to them, contains multiple false material representations.
The misrepresentation that the commission was referring to was on Section 254 of the NIRC wherein it was stated that the petitioners made it appear that imprisonment is mandatory punishment which “reeks of deliberate intent to deceive or mislead the Commission,” another portion of the ruling read. “Petitioners and counsel knowingly misrepresented provisions of law not yet applicable in the case at bar and knowingly misquoted Section 254 by making it appear that it contained the word “AND” rather than “OR” in order to emphasize their skewed theory of mandatory application of the penalty of imprisonment,” the decision further stated.
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