Teodoro to appeal Comelec decision to cancel his COC
(UPDATE) MARIKINA Mayor Marcy Teodoro said he will file a motion for reconsideration over the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division to cancel his certificate of candidacy (COC) for congressman in the city's first district. Teodoro also said he is still a legitimate candidate as the decision is not final and executory. "I will file a motion for reconsideration, and I have five days from today within which to do so, the resolution is not yet final and for all intents and purposes I am still a legitimate candidate for member of the House of Representatives of the First District of Marikina," he said in a statement. The Comelec said Teodoro committed material misrepresentation in his COC regarding his residency in Barangay San Roque in the first district. The decision stemmed from separate petitions filed by Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III, Katrina Mari Faye Marco, Angelu Estanislao, and Ma. Luisa de Guzman, seeking to cancel Teodoro's candidacy for allegedly violating Section 78 of the Omnibus Election Code. Pimentel is seeking the same House seat for the first district. "The fact that two petitions were filed against me shows that there are political underpinnings that are geared towards my removal from the electoral race. I will not allow this to happen and will exhaust all legal remedies available to me," Teodoro said. He said that initially, the local Comelec upheld his transfer of voter's registration and application for transfer by the Election Registration Board of the First District of Marikina City. "It is worth noting that the purpose of the residency requirement is to prevent a stranger or a newcomer who is unacquainted with the conditions and needs of a community and not identified with such community from seeking an elective office to serve the constituents of that community," he said. "In my case, no less than the First Division of the Comelec affirmed that I am not a stranger or newcomer in the First District of Marikina and they also acknowledged that I was born there and even served as the first representative of the first congressional district of Marikina. They also found nothing wrong with my change of voter registration and residence from one district to another," the mayor said.
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(UPDATE) MARIKINA Mayor Marcy Teodoro said he will file a motion for reconsideration over the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division to cancel his certificate of candidacy (COC) for congressman in the city's first district.
Teodoro also said he is still a legitimate candidate as the decision is not final and executory.
"I will file a motion for reconsideration, and I have five days from today within which to do so, the resolution is not yet final and for all intents and purposes I am still a legitimate candidate for member of the House of Representatives of the First District of Marikina," he said in a statement.
The Comelec said Teodoro committed material misrepresentation in his COC regarding his residency in Barangay San Roque in the first district.
The decision stemmed from separate petitions filed by Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III, Katrina Mari Faye Marco, Angelu Estanislao, and Ma. Luisa de Guzman, seeking to cancel Teodoro's candidacy for allegedly violating Section 78 of the Omnibus Election Code.
Pimentel is seeking the same House seat for the first district.
"The fact that two petitions were filed against me shows that there are political underpinnings that are geared towards my removal from the electoral race. I will not allow this to happen and will exhaust all legal remedies available to me," Teodoro said.
He said that initially, the local Comelec upheld his transfer of voter's registration and application for transfer by the Election Registration Board of the First District of Marikina City.
"It is worth noting that the purpose of the residency requirement is to prevent a stranger or a newcomer who is unacquainted with the conditions and needs of a community and not identified with such community from seeking an elective office to serve the constituents of that community," he said.
"In my case, no less than the First Division of the Comelec affirmed that I am not a stranger or newcomer in the First District of Marikina and they also acknowledged that I was born there and even served as the first representative of the first congressional district of Marikina. They also found nothing wrong with my change of voter registration and residence from one district to another," the mayor said.
