BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – The United
Nationalist Alliance (UNA) has called on the Commission on Elections to
reconsider its decision voiding the candidacy of Gov. Luisa Cuaresma, who is
running for congresswoman in next year’s elections.
“The Commission on Elections should let Novo
Vizcayanos decide their representative. We appeal to its wisdom to put the
voice of the people as the paramount consideration over procedural
technicalities,” said former police general Thompson Lantion, UNA chairman for
Cagayan Valley.
Cuaresma is running against Rep. Carlos
Padilla of the Nacionalista Party.
The Comelec, in an en banc resolution,
nullified Cuaresma’s candidacy when she failed to sign the poll body’s logbook
when she filed her certificate of candidacy.
“Our lawyers now are studying the issue. I
think the poll body decided on mere procedural technicalities. I just hope
there is no political harassment or short-cut decisions involved here,” said
Lantion.
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