MANILA, Philippines — Marikina Mayor Marcy Teodoro said he would file a motion for reconsideration over the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division to cancel his certificate of candidacy for congressman in the city's first district.
MANILA, Philippines — Marikina Mayor Marcy Teodoro said he would file a motion for reconsideration over the decision of the Commission on Elections First Division to cancel his certificate of candidacy for congressman in the city's first district.Teodoro clarified that he was still a legitimate candidate as the decision was not final and executory.
The Comelec said Teodoro committed material misrepresentation in his certificate of candidacy for the 2025 national and local elections as regards his residency in Barangay San Roque in the first district.The decision stemmed from separate petitions filed by Senator Aquilino Pimentel III, Katrina Mari Faye Marco, Angelu Estanislao, and Ma. Luisa de Guzman, seeking to cancel Teodoro's candidacy for allegedly violating Section 78 of the Omnibus Election Code .
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