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Alexander Lopez’s complaint against Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna was rejected by the Second Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) because it lacked supporting documentation.

The nine-page ruling, signed by Commissioners Marlon Casquejo and Rey Bulay and made public on Saturday, noted that Lopez had not provided sufficient evidence of widespread electoral frauds, irregularities, ballot misreadings, and vote tampering, among other things.

Lopez finished in a distant second with 166,908, while Lacuna won with 538,595 votes.

Even if Lopez is given credit for the 31,608 votes he questioned, according to the Comelec, Lacuna will still win.

On May 23, Lopez submitted the petition.

A detailed description of the acts or omissions that show the electoral frauds, anomalies, or irregularities in the protested precincts must accompany an election protest, according to Section 7(g) of Rule 6 of Comelec Resolution No. 8804, as amended. This is evident from the aforementioned allegations. The October 6 ruling stated, “Unquestionably, the Protestant (in his protest) utilized vague and unsupported averments without specifically mentioning the circumstances leading to the claimed electoral frauds, abnormalities, or irregularities.”

The Comelec claimed no combined affidavit of voters who allegedly declared hazily that they supported Lopez during the May 9 elections and that their votes were not counted in the results attached to his extensive annexes or Lopez’s election challenge.

The polling organization continued, “The alleged documented massive acts of vote buying perpetrated directly and indirectly by the Protestant to influence the votes in the City of Manila to vote for or against the Protestant through the commission of vote buying are also bare assertions, uncorroborated by any other proof, whether testimonial or documentary.

Regarding the claims of improper use of public property, tools, resources, and money in Lacuna’s campaign, Comelec encouraged Lopez to lodge the required complaint with the Law Department “so that the same may be thoroughly investigated.”

Prior to the elections, Lacuna, 57, was Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domago’s deputy mayor. She is now Manila’s first female mayor.

She is the daughter of former Manila vice mayor Danny Lacuna, a doctor and former councilwoman.

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