Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon addresses Duterte Youth chair Ronald Cardema' allegations against her, saying he's only trying to distract everyone from the fact that he is unqualified to sit in Congress
the cancellation of his nomination, there's no rule prohibiting her from speaking out.
"This is not a ground for inhibition. At first I was quiet, if you noticed. But he kept at it. And people were worrying if I did not come out, they might believe him. So there is no rule that requires me to be quiet when I and my reputation is under attack and the integrity of the institution is under attack," Guanzon said.
Guanzon denied the claims and said Cardema is simply making up stories to cover the fact that he's not qualified to sit as a representative in Congress. At 34 years old, Cardema breaches the age limit to sit in Congress as representative for the youth sector, who must be at least 25 to 30 years old.
She said:"That cannot stand because the people must know what kind of Commission on Elections they have, what kind of people run this commission. If people think we can all be bought, what kind of democracy are we going to produce?"against Guanzon, though he didn't say on what grounds nor did he offer proof of any impeachable offense committed by the commissioner.
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