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Monday, February 1-'A, 2Ot9
Comelec junks Eusebio's CamSur congressional bid
THE Commission on Elections
junked former Pasig City mayor
Maribel Andaya-Eusebio's bid to
nur for reptesenative of Cama-tines
Sut's second district, saying she is not
a registered voter in the province.
In a unanimous rcsolution, the
Comelec's 6rst division cancelled
Andaya-Eusebio's certificate of
candidacy for committing "false ma-
terial tepresentation." She claimed
last year in her COC that she u'as
eligible to run for the congressional
post in Camarines Sur wen drough
she vas not a registered voter in
the municipality of the province's
second congressional district.
The tesolution was signed by
iirst division presiding Commis-
sioner Al Parreio and Commis-
sioners Rowena Amelia Guanzon
and Marlon Casquejo.
In an eight-page resolution, the
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poll body said Andaya-Eusebio had issued any ruIing stopping the firmed the earlier resolution issued
"lacks one of the qualifications to vie enfotcement of its decision. by the Comelec's ERB rejecting
for the position of Member, House Andaya-Eusebio, the sistet of Andaya-Eusebio's request to have
of Representatives of the 2nd Dis- Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., once her voter's registtation reiotd
trictof Camatines Sw-thatis being setved as mayor of Pasig Ciry transfetred from Pasig City .to
a reglstered voter in the district in where her husband Robeto is the Barangal'Puro Batia after it found
*'hich she shall be elected." incumbent mayot seeking reelec- out that she failed to satisfy the
The Comelec division's move tioo in the May balloting residency tequkernents mandated
to cancel Aldaya-Eusebio's COC The I:,ibnianan RTC's ruling af- under the lanr
was made on the stength of the
Dec. 20 resolution by the Regronal
Ttial Coutt in Libmanan that upheld
the Ocl 29 ruling of tie Election
Regstation Board to deny her ap-
peal to be included in dre Comelec's
list of r'.oten of Batangay Puro Batia
in the municipality of Libmanan.
The Comelec said the denial by
the Libmanan RTC of Andaya-
Eusebiok appeal to have her name
included in the list of voters of Ba- /
nigay Puto Batia is "6nal and ex-
ecutory," given that no higher court
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