BREAKING NEWS: A day after the elections, Comelec JUNKS with finality four appeals against the candidacy of presumptive presidential race winner Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Petitioners can make one last appeal to the Supreme Court. | via @newsdwight #PHVote
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@newsdwight The four appeals are part of a two set of cases (the first one, a DQ petition; the second one, a COC cancellation petition). In dismissing the cases, the Comelec en banc says petitioners failed to raise new matters that would warrant the reversal of its earlier rulings.
FULL STORY HERE: The Comelec en banc's decision does not come as a surprise, but the timing of the release means the poll body failed to deliver on its promise to resolve the high-profile case before elections. rappler.com/nation/electio…
The vote in the two sets of cases was 6-0-1. Six commissioners affirmed the dismissal, including Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan, while Commissioner George Garcia inhibited himself from the en banc review, as Marcos Jr. was once his client. | via @newsdwight
Petitioners in the Buenafe case previously asked commissioners Socorro Inting and Rey Bulay to inhibit themselves from the en banc review for alleged bias, but the Comelec en banc said they "found no valid reason" to do this. | via @newsdwight
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