In their three-page petition, they argued that Marcos should be disqualified for having misrepresented his eligibility in his CoC, as having been convicted of “a crime which carries a penalty of perpetual disqualification from public office and for his repeated violations of the NIRC (National Internal Revenue Code) and his continued evasion/non-payment of taxes renders his conviction as one involving moral turpitude.” from running in next year’s presidential election.Īpparently, they took cue from former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio who was the first to voice his opinion regarding the possibility of Marcos’ disqualification due to his earlier “conviction” for failure to file an income tax return and non-payment of deficiency taxes. The other day, staunch critics of the Marcoses filed a petition before the Commission on Elections seeking to disqualify former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.
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