The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it will release the decision on the appeals regarding the disqualification case filed against presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on May 10.
The poll regulator said that the decision on the three consolidated cases have already been signed and that the Comelec has decided to wait foe the promulgation of the fourth case.
Comelec chair Saidamen Pangarungan, quoted in a GMA News report said, “Actually, the three consolidated cases have been signed. But the fourth disqualification case just arrived recently. We decided to release the decision after the promulgation of the fourth case. I received the fourth disqualification case last Thursday night.”
The official further said he read the fourth case on Friday “and then I voted. We did not promulgate it because the following day was a Saturday.”
Pangarungan assured the public that the Comelec’s decision will be released on Tuesday.
“Then today is Sunday, tomorrow is a special non-working holiday, we cannot promulgate the ruling. But rest assured that by Tuesday the first working day of next week we will promulgate the fourth disqualification case. Just wait until Tuesday,” Pangarungan, in the GMA News report said.
The official earlier said five Comelec commissioners have already signed the resolution. Two commissioners have yet to sign the resolution, including Pangarungan.
The Akbayan party-list, Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law (CARMMA), and the Pudno Nga Ilokano (Ang Totoong Ilokano) filed the said petitions.
The groups asked the Comelec en banc to reconsider the division’s decision to junk the disqualification case against Marcos Jr.
Earlier, the Comelec scrapped the final disqualification case against Marcos Jr. for “lack of merit.”
The poll regulator also assured that all cases will be resolved.
Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said the petitioners can still go to the Supreme Court for appeal, if the appeal is rejected.
