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Comelec pressed on slow pace against nuisance petitions
The Commission on Elections was asked on Monday about the slow pace in deciding the nuisance petition related to the Negros Oriental gubernatorial race between the late Governor Roel Degamo, his rival and former Governor Pryde Henry Teves and a certain Ruel Degamo, who was deemed a nuisance candidate. In a Senate hearing on the assassination of Governor Degamo, Comelec chairman George Erwin Garcia said the delayed ruling in the petition filed by Degamo to declare a certain "Ruel Degamo" a nuisance candidate is due to the lack of composition within the Comelec En Banc at the time. The delay referred to the period in October 2021 when Degamo filed a nuisance petition against "Ruel Degamo", whose real name is Grego Gaudia, up until 1 September last year when the poll body finally decided to declare the latter Degamo a nuisance candidate. Before the finality of the decision that declared Ruel Degamo a nuisance candidate, only four of the seven Comelec commissioners were still in their positions: Commissioners Socorro Inting, Marlon Casquejo, Aimee Ferolino and Rey Bulay. Garcia said that by the time of the decision, the vote was 2-2, which meant there should be a tie-breaker. He was not able to make his vote final until after his appointment and confirmation. “A decision was not immediately made by the En Banc because I and two of our other commissioners hadn't been appointed yet. The resolution was set aside. The voting among the four remaining commissioners was 2-2. It was only when yours truly was appointed that I broke the tie in favor of Gov. Degamo,” said Garcia. Garcia also cited the volume of nuisance cases piling up with the Comelec, while the agency also has to respond to electoral petitions such as disqualification cases. He said there are 29 remaining nuisance cases on top of more than a thousand electoral disqualification cases pending before the poll body. He said the poll body is determined to resolve all nuisance petitions before the next election, and push to penalize nuisance candidacies in the future. “We have been pushing for the amendment of Section 69 of the Omnibus Election Code that defines nuisance candidates. We should criminalize nuisance candidacies. It should be criminalized either with imprisonment or fine, and perpetual disqualification from public office,” Garcia said. “If there is conspiracy, everyone involved should likewise be charged for misrepresentation of perjury, but at the same time, for the filing of nuisance candidacies,” he added. In response, Senator Risa Hontiveros welcomed the proposals by the Comelec, but said the measures could have been done earlier. She previously called the poll body’s slow process "ineffective and inefficient", which causes vindictiveness among political candidates. “I hope that we have a clear vision on this. We could have done this in the case of Gov. Degamo. Maybe he’ll still be alive by then,” Hontiveros said. Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa also vowed that the Senate will move on the proposed changes in the Omnibus Election Code, which is currently being heard in the Upper Chamber. “I hope that before the 2025 elections, your suggestion on the amendment of the provision on the Omnibus Election Code could be amended. Our lawmakers here are listening. Let’s work on this,” he said. The post Comelec pressed on slow pace against nuisance petitions appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
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