(UPDATE) THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed a petition seeking to disqualify televangelist Apollo Quiboloy from running for the Senate in next year's elections.
THE Commission on Elections has dismissed a petition seeking to disqualify televangelist Apollo Quiboloy from running for the Senate in next year's elections.In a 14-page decision promulgated on Dec. 18, the Comelec First Division ruled that the petitioner, labor leader Sonny Matula, failed to provide sufficient evidence to cancel the detained religious leader's certificate of candidacy .
Quiboloy voluntarily disassociated himself from the WPP shortly after realizing that the WPP is no pushover,' Matula said.Quiboloy initially filed his certificate of candidacy for the Senate under the banner of WPP. However, his alignment with the party was short-lived.Facing mounting pressure and recognizing the challenges ahead, Quiboloy renounced his status as a WPP candidate in a submission to the Comelec dated December 10.
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