Marcos camp deems disqualification case as ‘mere propaganda’ and Comelec ‘used as launchpad’

ICYMI: The spokesperson of presidential wannabe Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has dismissed the disqualification case against his boss as “mere propaganda” launched by what he labeled as “yellow wannabe political assassins.”

“Nandyan na ‘yan, kaso yan. Sasagot kami kapag nakakuha na kami ng aming official copy and notice coming from the Comelec,” he added.

The petitioners, composed of political detainees, human rights, and medical organizations that fought the Marcos dictatorship, asserted that Marcos Jr. is not eligible to run for any public office since the Quezon City Regional Trial Court convicted him in 1995 for his failure to file income tax returns.

In defending Marcos Jr., his camp issued a press release, stating that “Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez on Wednesday said the disqualification case filed against presidential aspirant Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. yesterday has no clear basis.” Jimenez, however, has flagged this press release as “misleading” since at that time he made that remark, no complaint was filed yet against Marcos Jr.“’Yung statement po namin kahapon, I stand by it and we have the actual tape video recording of what he said,” Rodriguez said.

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