SC junks pleas vs Marcos Jr. candidacy, clears path to inauguration
The Supreme Court has junked petitions challenging the candidacy of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., clearing the path to his oath-taking as the 17th president of the Philippines.
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The Supreme Court has junked petitions challenging the candidacy of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., clearing the path to his oath-taking as the 17th president of the Philippines.
Petitioners seeking the disqualification of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., currently presumptive president-elect, have elevated their fight to the Supreme Court.
In a 75-page petition, the SC was asked to reverse the resolution of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and to grant the petition for disqualification against Marcos.
Just a day after the elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) released its ruling on Tuesday, May 10 on the motions for reconsideration (MRs) filed by the petitioners seeking the disqualification and the cancellation of the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of presidential candidate Ferdinand "
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has thrown out two of the four pending motions for reconsideration (MR) on the cases, which seek to disqualify presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who seems headed for a landslide victory based on partial unofficial election returns. As promised, the Comelec en banc on…