The Commission on Elections (Comelec) risks losing its credibility after a delayed ruling allowing the son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos to run for president this year, political analysts said. READ:
Last week’s delayed decision by the election body’s First Division does not improve people’s confidence about its independence, Maria Ela L. Atienza, a political science professor from the University of the Philippines, said in a Viber message at the weekend.
Commissioner Marlon S. Casquejo, who signed the ruling, also wrote a separate 12-page opinion in which he said Mr. Marcos’s crime did not involve “moral turpitude.” “This becomes far more contentious especially since the composition of Comelec is already subject to scrutiny since most commissioners are Duterte appointees,” he added.
Ms. Atienza said the delayed ruling and allegations of interference would make more concerned groups more watchful of the election body’s actions. Labor leader and presidential candidate Leodegario “Ka Leody” de Guzman on Sunday slammed the division ruling. “We will continue to exhaust all remedies available to bring out the truth, to attain justice, and to bring the issue to the proper legal conclusion it deserves,” he said.“Whether Comelec admits it or not, its attempt to present neutrality in a hyperpolarized election can and will be cast as partiality for the ruling party,” Mr. Juliano said. “The Marcos ruling only helps affirm that.”
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