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The Commission on Elections declared the disqualification of former Caloocan Representative Edgar Erice from running for a House of Representatives seat in the May 2025 midterm elections as final and executory.The Comelec announced that its December 27, 2024 resolution affirming the Comelec Second Division's ruling against Erice became final after the Supreme Court did not issue a temporary restraining order .
A copy of the resolution was issued to Erice on December 27, 2024. The Comelec confirmed that it received no TRO from the SC, paving the way for the enforcement of its ruling.Erice, however, has contested the decision, filing a petition for certiorari with a request for a TRO from the SC.“I really anticipated that they would act against me with extreme prejudice. There is no basis in law to disqualify me, it’s a legal harakiri the same way they are committing harakiri with the Miru deal.
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