Comelec junks protest vs. Taguig mayor
MANILA - The Commission on Elections' (Comelec) Second Division has dismissed the electoral protest filed by losing mayoral candidate Arnel Cerafica against Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano. In the 2019 mid-term elections, Cayetano won the mayoral race, garnering 172,710 votes against Cerafica's 109,313. Despite Cayetano's huge margin of 63,357 votes, Cerafica lost no time in submitting an election protest. In a 250-page Order released on January 31, the Second Division found no evidence of the alleged irregularities such as malfunctioning vote counting machines or VCMs, vote buying, bal...
Source: philippinetimes.com