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The Pudno Nga Ilokano-led Margarita Salandanan request for reconsideration questioned the First Division’s dismissal of the disqualification case against then-candidate for president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., which the Commission rejected on Elections (Comelec).

The Comelec en banc determined by a vote of 4-0 with one restriction that the petitioners had not made any fresh grounds to support overturning the Division’s April 20, 2022 ruling.

Amid the jargon, we carefully examined the Partial Move for Reconsideration. We discovered that it neither brought up the reasons listed in Section 1 of Rule 19 of the Comelec Rules of Procedure nor any fresh concerns that would persuade us to entertain the motion. The Comelec judgment issued on October 7 said, “ostensibly, the Partial Motion for Reconsideration repeatedly pounded on the same points it already brought before the Commission (First Division).”

The statement said, “These similar concerns and arguments were appropriately resolved by the Commission (First Division) after it diligently and meticulously reviewed the facts and issues presented to it by the parties and applied pertinent law and jurisprudence.”

The case is the last one still outstanding against Marcos, who defeated Leni Robredo by a wide margin of 31,629,783 votes, or more than 16 million, to win the presidency.

The Comelec stated, “We find that there is no compelling basis to overturn the findings of the Commission (First Division).” In light of the aforementioned, the Commission (En Banc) refuses the Petitioner’s Partial Motion for Reconsideration (RE: Resolution promulgated on 20 April 2022) of 25 April 2022 and upholds the Commission’s (First Division) resolution that was published on April 20, 2022.

The appeal was rejected with the votes of Commissioners Socorro Inting, Marlon Casquejo, Aimee Ferolino, and Rey Bulay.

George Garcia, the chairman of the Comelec, withdrew from the case because former presidential candidate Marcos was a client of his.

The Ilocanos filed a petition to remove Marco from office, charging him with a felony, including “moral turpitude,” due to his conviction for failing to file his income tax reports.

The aggregated cases brought by Bonifacio Ilagan et al., the Akbayan Party, and Abubakar Mangelen, and the cases brought by Fr. Christian Buenafe et al. and Danilo Lihaylihay against Marcos were already dismissed by the Comelec en banc.

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