VERA Files
While the 1987 Constitution does not expressly prohibit being sworn in earlier, lawyer Christian Monsod, a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, said Duterte-Carpio should not take her oath of office “until there is an office to assume.”
When he assumes the presidency, Marcos Jr. and his spokesperson cannot simply turn away or completely ignore questions that demand transparency and accountability.
The May 9 elections once again showed that the exercise of suffrage in the Philippines is a family affair.
Petitioners have five days to file a temporary restraining order before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) declares as “final and executory” the en banc decision to uphold the non-disqualification of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., lawyer and Clerk of the Commission Genesis Gatdula said.
Just like in past elections, Filipinos trooped to the polls in huge numbers and lined up for hours enduring the summer heat and the disorganization of poll officers, to exercise their duty to choose their leaders.
Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan, appointed just two months ago, described the political exercise as “quite peaceful” even as scattered violent incidents were reported in Lanao del Sur province.
From 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, May 9, nearly 66 million Filipino voters will decide where the country is headed, at least in the next six years under a […]
If surveys on the fast-approaching elections hold, the Philippines will soon have a president who has difficulty discerning fact from pseudoscience — the way his mother also does.
Whether in boxing or politics, Manny Pacquiao never throws in the towel.
Cracks in the Marcos political machine started to show in the 1984 Batasan election. And the dictator’s last campaign ended in a popular revolt that forced him, his family, and his cabal into exile.