@bogadomo.com » erap disqualification http://www.abogadomo.com Philippine Law. Simple. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:27:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 COMELEC dismisses petition vs. Erap candidacy http://www.abogadomo.com/archives/960 http://www.abogadomo.com/archives/960#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:39:52 +0000 abogadomo.com http://www.abogadomo.com/?p=960 The Commission on Elections has dismissed the petition for disqualification filed by lawyer Oliver Lozano against former President Joseph Estrada. The Lozano petition sought to disqualify Estrada from joining the 2010 presidential elections due to Section 4, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution. In dismissing the petition, the COMELEC noted that there is nothing to oppose since Estrada had not yet filed his certificate of candidacy (COC). The period for the filing of the of COCs will be from November 20 to 30, 2009.

In a related development, Lozano has filed a Motion for Reconsideration of the COMELEC’s dismissal claiming that a COC is not required if a petition similar to what he filed against Estrada is based on the need to prohibit something not allowed by the Constitution. Lozano also said he is preparing a graft complaint against officials of the Comelec, including chairman Jose Melo, for allegedly causing “undue injury” to him and giving “undue benefit” to Estrada.

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