A ruling by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on the disqualification case against presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. may take longer following the poll body's decision to resolve pending motions. Under normal circumstances, the parties would have been asked to submit their respective memoranda within three days after the preliminary conference. The November 26 preliminary hearing refers to the petition to cancel Marcos' certificate of candidacy (CoC) filed by Fr. The petitioners pointed out that Marcos' conviction perpetually disqualified him from seeking public office because this is one involving moral turpitude. Tomas law dean Nilo Divina, the Marcos case is bound to collapse because the petition "appears to be defective in form and offers insufficient legal basis to obtain its desired judgment."

Source: Manila Times November 27, 2021 22:20 UTC