MANILA, Philippines - The Second Division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) junked yesterday the disqualification case against Lakas-Kampi-CMD senatorial bet Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. for “utter lack of merit.”
In a resolution, Second Division Commissioners Nicodemo Ferrer, Lucenito Tagle and Elias Yusoph said they could not cancel Revilla’s certificate of candidacy (COC) as petitioned by Mary Emily Verr Peji.
“She claims that respondent Bong Revilla committed material misrepresentation in his COC by stating his surname is Bong Bautista, instead of Revilla, with the intent of putting his name on top of the list of senatorial candidates,” they noted.
In defense, Revilla claimed the petition was filed “with the sole purpose of creating confusion and to sabotage his political campaign.”