
Duterte defends appointment of Pangarungan, Garcia to poll body
President Rodrigo Duterte has defended the appointment of Saidamen Balt Pangarungan as Comelec chairperson of the poll body, and George Garcia as commissioners.
President Rodrigo Duterte has defended the appointment of Saidamen Balt Pangarungan as Comelec chairperson of the poll body, and George Garcia as commissioners.
Senator Panfilo Lacson lauded the appointment of veteran election lawyer George Garcia as a Commissioner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), saying the latter was
The Bongbong Marcos-Leni Robredo electoral protest drama will last at least three more years before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET)–the Supreme Court (SC)–reaches any decision.
The camp of Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is still on the fence about filing an electoral protest over his loss to Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo in the vice presidential race even though they believe they have “convincing” evidence about possible electoral fraud.
George Garcia, a lawyer for presidential bet Sen. Grace Poe, raised concern on Monday (May 9, 2016) over the presence of the technicians from Smartmatic, the supplier of the voting counting machines, at a hotel located inside the Araneta Center in Quezon City.
The camp of Sen. Grace Poe on Thursday dismissed speculations that she will be disqualified by the Supreme Court from the presidential race allegedly due to lack of residency.
Sen. Grace Poe’s camp urged the Supreme Court anew to also act swiftly and impartially on the two sets of disqualification cases, considering its decision to grant a temporary restraining order against the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
The camp of Senator Grace Poe will ask Supreme Court Associate Justices Antonio Carpio, Teresita Leonardo-De Castro and Arturo Brion to inhibit from taking part in the deliberations on her disqualification case next month.
Whether or not Senator Grace Poe will remain on the ballot on May 9,2016 is entirely in the hands of Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno.
Sen. Grace Poe’s lawyer is hoping that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will not set aside the decision of the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) when