Comelec en banc bars Grace Poe from running in 2016
Comelec en banc bars Grace Poe from running in 2016
COMELEC SAYS NO. File photo of presidential aspirant Senator Grace Poe
MANILA, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) – The Commission on Elections on Wednesday, December 23, announced its majority decision to dismiss the appeal of Senator Grace Poe to allow her to run for president in May 2016.
The commissioners voted separately on the two cases involving the senator’s citizenship and residency requirements: the one handled by the first division and the other by the second division. Both divisions previously ruled against Poe.
In the first division case, Comelec chairman Andres Bautista and Commissioner Christian Lim voted in favor of Poe, but the rest of the 5 commissioners upheld the division’s earlier ruling cancelling her certificate of candidacy (COC).
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