A petition to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in Eleksyon 2022 has reached the Supreme Court (SC), asking for an issuance of a temporary restraining order (TRO) to block the counting of votes cast for him and his proclamation should he win.
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Petitioners Father Christian Buenafe, Fides Lim, Ma. Edeliza Hernandez, Celia Lagman Sevilla, Roland Vibal, and Josephine Lascano have asked the High Court to issue a TRO enjoining and restraining the Senate and House of Representatives from canvassing the votes cast for Marcos and proclaiming him as president should he win the May 9 polls.
The petitioners have further asked the SC to:
give due course to the...