![]() ![]() Bong Go, the party’s vice presidential bet, if his filing for COC was approved by the President. He recounted that he was asked to rush to Sofitel as the deadline was 5 p.m.ĭela Rosa said he cleared first with Sen. The other faction is led by Senators Aquilino Pimentel III and Manny Pacquiao, who is running for president. He said he was playing with his grandchild in Cavite when Pimentel-Naik called and then passed the cellphone to Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, who heads the PDP-Laban faction that fielded him as presidential candidate. ![]() on Friday or two hours before the end of the last of filing of COCs. He also insisted his “ Tokhang 2” won’t have extrajudicial killings.ĭela Rosa admitted he was surprised when Astravel Pimentel-Naik, the secretary general of PDP-Laban, called him at 3 p.m. I am a good soldier,” Dela Rosa said.ĭela Rosa added his campaign would center on the continuity of Duterte’s fight against illegal drugs or “ Tokhang,” corruption, terrorism and the COVID-19 pandemic. “Even if I’m not informed (by the party leadership), I know there could be a replacement. The senator said he would simply wait for instructions from the party if he would be replaced as presidential candidate. But it doesn’t mean you won’t give way to a more winnable candidate,” he added.ĭela Rosa’s statement bolstered widespread perception that he filed his COC on Friday as a placeholder for Duterte-Carpio, who his being pushed by her father, President Duterte, to run. “I am serious in encouraging Mayor Sara to run, but I am very serious to run. If she won’t accept, (then) I am a serious candidate,” Dela Rosa said in mixed Filipino and English at a virtual news conference. “I’m just being practical since Mayor Sara’s winnability is very high, so I am willing to give way for her. To File COCĭela Rosa vowed to immediately give way to Duterte-Carpio to be the ruling party’s standard-bearer should she heed the clamor of supporters to run for president in 2022. Read More: WATCH: Bato Dela Rosa Reveals He Was Called At 3 P.M. Meron pang isang proposal sa Kongreso kung hindi ako nagkakamali parusa na parang P50,000 na fine in case na ma-rule na ikaw ay nuisance candidate,” he said. “ Ni-recommend na natin dati na one of the recommendations was mag-require tayo ng bond sa pagpa-file ng kandidatura. He said they already proposed before the Congress to require bonds and fines for nuisance candidates. ![]() While the Comelec may have quasi-judicial powers, which refers to the duty to probe and draw conclusions, Jimenez stressed that they have limited authority “in what we can do by what the law says.” Hindi natin sila makakasuhan ng kahit ano,” Jimenez emphasized. ![]() “In other words, wala silang criminal liability. “ Ang problema po sa Comelec side is that tali po ang kamay natin doon sa batas under the Omnibus Election Code, ang pwede lang natin gawin sa mga mag-file bilang nuisance candidates eh tanggalin sila sa listahan at wala ng ibang action,” he explained. Jimenez said that nuisance candidates have no criminal liability under the law as the Comelec can only remove their names from the list. I fully around 95% of that will be stricken the list dahil marami naman po talagang obvious na hindi aabot sa final list of candidates,” he said. “We have 97 filers for the position of president. Jimenez said the Comelec will have hearings once Dela Rosa’s candidacy is formally questioned before the poll body.Īround 95% of individuals who filed their COCs for president may be scrapped, Jimenez noted. 8 at the Comelec’s set up at the Harbor Garden Tent of Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila hotel in Pasay City.Īccording to Comelec rules, any aspirant may withdraw their COC and may be substituted by a nominee from the same political party until Nov. Jimenez explained the “bona fide intention to run for office” is a basis to determine whether a candidate is nuisance or not.ĭela Rosa filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) last Friday, Oct. Nasaan dun ang bona fide intention mo to actually throw your hat in the ring?” Jimenez pointed out. “So, parang lumalabas ngayon sa mga tao eh parang inamin niya na rin na placeholder siya. Ang problema sa kanya is inaamin niya na OK lang sa kanyang ma-substitute siya,” Jimenez told “Agenda” on One News on Monday, Oct. Pasok na pasok siya… sa lahat ng criteria para sa seseryosohing kandidato. “ Medyo outlier po ang kaso ni Senator Bato. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, the administration’s presidential bet in the 2022 elections, may be declared as a nuisance candidate after he admitted he could be a placeholder for his party’s real standard-bearer, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).Ĭomelec spokesperson James Jimenez called Dela Rosa’s case as “outlier” and questioned his “bona fide intention to run” for president since he admitted he is willing to be replaced by Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio as PDP-Laban’s presidential bet. ![]()
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