The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) released the decisions of the disqualification case filed against her as they junks the case and voted in favor of Senator Grace Poe, one of the most popular presidential candidate in the 2016 national elections.
The SET voted 5-4 in favor of Sen.Grace Poe as they decided to deny the disqualification against Sen. Grace Poe. According to reports the senators who voted in favor of Sen. Grace Poe are Senators Pia Cayetano, Loren Legarda, Bam Aquino, Cynthia Villar and Tito Sotto.
Those who were in favor for Sen. Poe’s disqualification are Justice Antonio Carpio, Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, Justice Arturo Brion and Sen. Nancy Binay voted to disqualify the senator.
The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) earlier decided to rule out the residency issue and focus on the citizenship issue instead. Losing senatorial bet Rizalito David filed the case against the senator, seeking to unseat her in the Senate, citing her residency and citizenship issues.
Aside from the disqualification case against Sen. Grace Poe, the presidential aspirant is also facing several disqualification cases before the Commission on Elections, seeking to invalidate her certificate of candidacy for president.