Groups want Bongbong Marcos disqualified
Groups want Bongbong Marcos disqualified
November 2, 2021
By Lian Buan
Civic leaders filed with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday, November 2, a petition to deny due course or to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
“Marcos falsified his certificate of candidacy when he claimed that he was eligible to be a candidate for president of the Philippines in the 2022 national elections when in fact he is disqualified from doing so. Petitioners claim that Marcos is not eligible to run for any public office as he is, plainly, a convicted criminal,” said the petitioners in a statement sent Tuesday night.
They were referring to a 1997 conviction of Marcos for failure to pay income tax returns (ITRs) from 1982 to 1984 – during the time he was vice governor and later governor of Ilocos Norte.
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