COMELEC Disqualifies Sen. Grace Poe from the 2016 Presidential Election

The country’s poll body, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced a very important news on Tuesday as the COMELEC Division disqualified Sen. Grace Poe from the highly anticipated 2016 presidential elections after the Senator fail to meet the requirements of the Constitution for presidential candidates.

Sen. Grace Poe candidacy

The COMELEC three-member division who were composed of Commissioners Al Parreño, who penned the resolution, Arthur Lim, and Sheriff Abas. The poll body’s officers granted the petition of lawyer Estrella Elamparo seeking the cancellation of Sen. Grace Poe’s certificate of candidacy for president.

Based upon the 35-page resolution of the Comelec Division, the decision to disqualify Sen. Grace Poe from running was because of the bounden duty of the Comelec officers to resolve the case by applying the Constitution, law, jurisprudence, and none other.

Right after the decision of Comelec division, Sen. Grace Poe was disappointed as she expressed dismay over the decision, but promise that it is not the end of the process, they will continue to fight for the rights of the foundlings and the fundamental right of the people to choose their leaders.

The Comelec noted in their decision to disqualify Sen. Grace Poe as they sided with Elamparo’s argument that the Senator failed to meet the 10-year residency requirement mandated by the Constitution for a presidential candidate.

What will be the implications of the latest news disqualifying Sen. Grace Poe. Don’t hesitate to add your comments or what you can say about the decision made by the Comelec.

Here’s the Full Text of Sen. Grace Poe’s Disqualification from Comelec:

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