The poll body unseats Aurora Vice Governor Jerry Noveras for using government resources to advance his campaign in 2022
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections has junked the appeal filed by Aurora Vice Governor Jerry Noveras against the poll body’s disqualification order against him.
This is not yet the end of the road for Noveras, who may run to the Supreme Court and seek an order preventing the Comelec from unseating him., the Comelec 1st Division moved to disqualify Noveras for coercing provincial hall casual employee Michael Tecuico into printing Noveras’ campaign paraphernalia.
But the Comelec en banc, in its ruling dated Wednesday, September 6, cited another provision in the election code – Section 261 – to justify Noveras’ disqualification. It prohibits any person from using a fraudulent device in campaigns.Noveras committed a fraudulent scheme when Tecuico was assigned to print campaign materials within the Aurora Training Center compound.
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