Concerns
over the issue of a non-candidate proclaimed winner of
the congressional race in Marinduque and the thought of such a person actually
assuming that position in blatant disregard of existing laws are mounting. Comments
on this blog and on the popular discussion forum 'Marinduqueno, Mandin' on
Facebook administered by Boac, Marinduque’s Pipo Nepomuceno raise moral
(matuwid na daan), and legal (proclamation of a non-candidate) issues on such
an eventuality.
A recent Marinduqueno, Mandin post:
Asked by TAga MArinduke Rin Ako -Taga Marinduque ka kung... :
Magiging kasiraan ba sa Matuwid na Daan ni Pnoy kapag hindi agarang naituwid ng
Comelec ang proklamasyong ginawa para sa Representante ng Marinduque at hayaang
mapasailalim sa isang diskwalipikado at aminadong U.S. citizen?
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Unlike · · Unfollow Post · Friday at 5:44pm
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Bang Bang Gasan Marinduque, Rodolfo Logatoc and Fredierick Lasic
Morong like
this.
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Jonas Subagan Nasaan
baga yang tuwid na daan?
Friday at 6:02pm · Like · 2
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Pipo Nepomuceno Kahit
baluktot basta may direksyon at alam ang apuntahan. Sustagen!
Friday at 6:07pm via mobile · Like · 2
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Jonas Subagan Mahawang
ulohan ang aking nakikita ay..... hehehehe
Friday at 6:15pm · Edited · Like · 1
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Pipo Nepomuceno Hehe....
Friday at 6:23pm via mobile · Like
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Arra Mae Mistiola Tanong
ko laang po,kung disqualified po ang tumakbong representative na si Ms. Gina
Reyes sa
kadahilanang siya ay isa ng American citizen, bakit po sa umpisa pa
laang n0ong siya ay nag-
file ng candidacy ay hindi po agad sinabi na
disqualified po siya?
naitan0ng ko laang po..
Friday at 7:21pm via mobile · Like
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Rodel Mandac Ang
daming question pde minsan eh mahirap sagutin. Napakadaming
American Citizen na
nasa position. Sa senado na lang tanungin niyo c grâce, Alan cayetano
Kung
anong Citizen nila. Hayyyysss, ayaw patalo dahil sa pera, laki kasi
ng......tsk..tsk...
Friday at 9:01pm via mobile · Like
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Angelica Magcamit Baka
holders of dual citizenship po ang mga cayetanos at hindi
naturalized
americans...
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Ed Riego Alan
Cayetano "renounced" U.S. citizenship to stand for election to the
Philippine
House of Representatives in the 1998 elections, and to gain
admission to the Philippine Bar
that same month. He then would go on to become
the Philippine Senate Minority Leader.
Yesterday at 4:23am · Like · 4
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Pipo Nepomuceno Arra....
i beg to disagree with your logic.
Yesterday at 5:48am via mobile · Like · 4
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Angelica Magcamit salamat
sir Ed Riego sa info..
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Shad Barbaran Para po
sana malinaw, wag na lang muna ikumpara sa ibang cases na
"similar"
ung kasalukuyang sitwasyon sa DQ case ni mam Gina..kung may mga irregularities
man sa nangyari, eh sana maayus na din ng comelec o kung sinumang institution
at may
karapatang magdecide sa kaso
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Bang Bang Gasan Marinduque Dapat
iparecount ni Cong Velasco magbayad sya sa
comelec para marecount nang
mano-mano dahil marami nang balita na ito daw pcos ay may
mali din sa bilang.
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Sandee-alex Riego Delgado malaking
dagok sa pamunuan ni pnoy pag nagkataon na
paboran ang qualipikasyon ni gina.
hindi lang ang marinduqueno kundi buong pilipinas ang
nakatutok sa kasong ito.
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Shad Barbaran Kasiraan
sa konsepto ng matuwid na daan, pero hindi kasiraan ni
pinoy...ung command
responsibility kasi sa Presidente lahat ang bagsak ng sisi, normal na po
ata
un, peyborit na kanta nila "ako ang nakikita, ako ang nasisisi, ako ang
laging may
kasalanan" hehehe
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Roncis Nitoral Lintot I think
it's not.Kasi itong si Ms.Gina at Gov.Reyes ay matuturing
na sampid sa
LP.ngayon lang sila naging LP bets.Si edmund lang talaga ang tunay..Ni hindi
ngani natin nakita sa poster nila na naindorse sila.Hindi nakahawak ang
kamay.Edited kung
baga.maidikit lang sa Popularity ni PNoy.
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Bianca Isabela Therese Liwanag the people of marinduque have already spoken! it gina
reyes and
not velasco. and assuming that cong elect reyes will be disqualified on
citizenship
issue, velasco cannot take over the vacancy on the basis that he
doesnt have the mandate to
sit as congressman. we do question the validity of
the automated election, the way politician
s bribe the voting public. but at the
end of the day we are the one electing our leaders and if
others believe that
they are not worthy of the position, the majority spoke otherwise.
22 hours ago via mobile · Like
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Shad Barbaran uy,
bago eto ah- "assuming that cong elect reyes will be disqualified on
citizenship issue, velasco cannot take over the vacancy on the basis that he
doesnt have the
mandate to sit as congressman..." hehehehe malabo pala si
brillantes ahehehe
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Angelito Lingon napaka
simple lng ng isyu, "DISQUALIFIED" dahil alien, mahirap bang
unawain,
kung yang batas na yan ay hindi nya maunawaan pano pa kaya kung nasa congress
na sya, di ba abogado sya? may mga tao kasing nasa pwesto sa gobyerno ang
natatakot
maalis sa posisyon dahil iyon ang negosyo nila, kaya sobra ang
panguyapit kahit alam na
mali.
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Bianca Isabela Therese Liwanag kht sinong abogado sir ang tanungin mo, they knew
that there is
a precedent sa ganyan klase ng protest. at walang nakaupong talo sa eleksyon
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kht pa sabihin ni brillantes na uupo si velasco because of technicality, the SC
will just nullify
it. ikaw sir, may kilala ka ba na natalo sa elekyon na
nakaupo after na madisqualify yung
nanalong kandidato? the only exeption to the
general rule of sucession is the case of labo vs
comelec. and granting that
reyes is disqualified, then a special election is necessary to fill the
vacancy
created by the disqulification.
18 hours ago via mobile · Like
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Angelito Lingon wala
akong sinabing papaupin si velasco, my point is kung pano sumunod
sa batas ang
isang mamababatas? kung pwede pala yan eh di lahat pala ng Pilipino na nasa
ibang bansa pwedeng tumakbo ng anu mang posisyon dito kahit American Cititizen
sila at
walang pang 1 year residency dito. Ang panggagamit sa kabataan na
walang kinalaman sa
pulitika ay tama rin pala! nagtatanung lang po..... wala
akong pinipili sa dalawa mas mabuti
pa nga si Pareng Edmund n lng eh at least
sya di Alien. Parang sinasabi mo na nagkamali pa
pala si COMELEC Brillantes ng
ipangalandakan nya sa buong Pilipinas na Disqualifiied si Ms.
Gina dahil
nagkaroon ng problema ang Marinduque kung may uupo ba o walang
Represantante....at saka sa pagkakabasa ko eh 2-days before Election naglabas
ng desisyon
si Chairman Brillantes.
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Bianca Isabela Therese Liwanag its not for you sir angel, its for chad:) anyway po, its
true
that anybody can run even if they not a citizen of this country. it is not the
comelec
mandate to validate the citizenship of every candidate. may equal
protection clause po tayo
and they give the benefit of the doubt that all those
who file states everything thruthfuly
. trabaho na po yun ng kalaban nya o some
concerned citizen who really knew the facts. acc
to you po, if chairman
brillantes said that they disqualified reyes 2 days before, then there
should
be no proclamation for gina reyes. in which i dont know, if she was proclaimed
the
winner or not by the provicial board of canvassers headed by the prov
comelec chaiman
. kung naiproklama po sya, medyo bka magkaroon na ng problema,
kse kung hindi po, the
provicial comelec chairman will just rule that every
vote for gina reyes is a stray vote
because she is disqualified, and then
proceed for the proclamation of velasco instead, on the
basis that he is
running unopposed and only one vote is required for you to be reelected. but
since nagkakagulo ngayon, malamang naiproklama si gina reyes as the winner of
the
election, therefore the losser is the incumbent. then we should asked the
provincial comelec
chairman if he received the said notice of disqualifying
reyes because if not, then sixto
brillantes myt be grandstanding only. ang
daling i fax ng enbanc decision, minuto lang nadun
na sa kapitolyo yon. or
chairman brillantes opt to delay the transfer of the decision to favor
somebody, in which im just speculating. he is not an election lawyer par
exellence for
nothing.
15 hours ago via mobile · Like
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Orlando Pasky Pascual hindi---
independente ang commision on election
Orlando Pasky Pascual with
the post's premises--- kasiraan ng mga taga marinduque yun
12 hours ago · Edited · Like
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Orlando Pasky Pascual --nating
mga taga marinduks
12 hours ago · Edited · Like
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Shad Barbaran Kung
para po sa akin ung post ni Bianca eh no comment na lang po ako, at
ako'y hindi
abogado hehehehe andito na din sa post ung habulan scene dun sa canvassing
hehehe
Petition before COMELEC.
No less
than Comelec chairman Sixto S. Brillantes, Jr. in an interview by former Vice-President Noli de Castro over the latter's DZMM radio program confirmed that the certificate of candidacy of Regina O.
Reyes has been cancelled with finality by an En Banc Resolution and that the
proclamation of Reyes by the provincial board of canvassers was indeed “questionable”,
according to the Comelec chairman. The candidacy of Reyes was cancelled by the
poll body after a “tedious evaluation of the claims and defenses brought about
by the two contending parties in the case at bar”, the en banc resolution
promulgated May 14, 2013 so stated.
Incumbent
congressman Lord Allan Velasco who has filed a petition for annulment of the
proclamation has maintained that the proclamation of Reyes as congressman on
the strength of a mere Order issued by the provincial board of canvassers on
May 15, 2013, despite the incomplete canvass of votes, is illegal.
“One cannot
dispute the fact that the Comelec En Banc has already affirmed the ruling of
Comelec First Division cancelling Reyes’ certificate of candidacy. Any and all
votes cast in her favor are considered stray votes”, Velasco said, “as her COC is
void from the beginning.”
Reyes, Velasco said in his petition, “neither took an oath of allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines
nor made a personal and sworn renunciation of her American citizenship before
any public officer authorized to administer an oath as required by R.A. No.
9225, and as such she never regained her domicile in Marinduque, remaining as
an American citizen.” These facts that rendered her certificate of candidacy
void from the beginning were correctly found by the Comelec First Division and
confirmed by the Commission En Banc, Velasco said.
The Marinduque congressman likewise pointed out in a separate motion to the Comelec a Supreme Court ruling that states
thus: “If a certificate of candidacy void ab initio is cancelled on the day, or
before the day, of the election, prevailing jurisprudence holds that all votes
for that candidate are stray votes. If a certificate of candidacy void ab
initio is cancelled one day or more after the elections, all votes for such candidate
should also be stray votes because the certificate of candidacy is void from
the very beginning. This is the more equitable and logical approach on the
effect of the cancellation of a certificate of candidacy that is void ab
initio. Otherwise, a certificate of candidacy void ab initio can operate to
defeat one or more valid certificates of candidacy for the same position.”
