Petition Seeking to Cancel Bongbong Marcos’ Presidential Bid Filed at Comelec
BONGBONG MARCOS – The camp of the presidential aspirant and former Senator reacted to the petition against his presidential bid.
One of the 97 presidential aspirants for the Election 2022 is former Senator Bongbong Marcos Jr. Also called by his supporters BBM, the late dictator’s son is the standard-bearer of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas. He has yet to name a running-mate in the upcoming election.
Marcos Jr. ran for vice president in 2016 but he lost to Vice President Leni Robredo. Both of them have filed their Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for the 2022 presidential race. She filed her bid as an independent candidate.
Recently, several civic groups have filed a petition seeking the cancellation of Bongbong Marcos Jr.’s presidential bid. It is over his tax evasion conviction when he was still an official of Ilocos.
The 57-page petition by the representatives of civic groups representing human rights, medical organizations, and political detainees was filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec). They argued that Marcos Jr. is not eligible to run for a public office over his tax evasion conviction.
Recently, Bongbong Marcos Jr.’s camp reacted to the petition filed against his bid for president in 2022. Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, BBM’s spokesperson Vic Rodriguez called the petition “outrageous” claiming that there is really no case against the former Senator. According to him, they are waiting for the official copy from Comelec and as well as the official notification from the poll body.
The camp of the former Senator further said that they don’t want to engage in gutter politics with the “yellow wannabe”. Based on the report, he tagged the petition as an “old yellow narrative containing the old yellow political attacks”. After his statement, the spokesperson of Marcos Jr. admitted that he has yet to read the petition filed against the former Senator’s presidential bid.
Rodriguez stressed that he does not care to read the said petition but he wants to secure an official copy from the government.
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