Former Mandaue City mayor Jonas Cortes is set to file a motion for reconsideration (MR) with the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025, as his final attempt to overturn the cancellation of his certificate of candidacy (COC) and his disqualification from the May 2025 National and Local Elections.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc denied Cortes’ appeal on Friday, December 27, upholding an earlier decision by the Comelec Second Division to cancel his COC due to alleged material misrepresentation in his candidacy documents. Cortes announced his plan to elevate the case to the SC in a statement released on Friday, expressing optimism that the country’s highest judicial body would render a fair decision. “We have done everything within the Comelec process and will now seek justice from the Supreme Court,” he said in Cebuano. “This is not the end of our cause for justice; instead, it marks the beginning of our fight for truth and fairness.”The prayer for the SC in the MR is to recognize and acknowledge the urgency of the request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) or any other remedy being sought, so it can be immediately addressed in one of their en banc sessions. The remedy requires a real sense of urgency and cannot afford any delays, said City Administrator Jamaal James Calipayan in a previous interview.The controversy stems from Cortes’ response to a question in his COC, wherein he marked “N/A” to whether he had been found liable for a crime with an accessory penalty of perpetual disqualification that had become final and executory. The Comelec Second Division initially ruled that Cortes’ answer constituted material misrepresentation, as it omitted crucial details about a pending case and a previous dismissal from service. On Dec. 23, Cortes filed an MR with the Comelec en banc, seeking to reverse the decision. However, the en banc affirmed the Second Division’s finding
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