Broadcaster Erwin Tulfo enters the House through the party-list substitution route. He is the fourth Tulfo in the Philippine legislature.
He becomes the fourth Tulfo in the legislative branch: brother Raffy is senator, sister-in-law Jocelyn is ACT-CIS representative, and nephew Ralph is a lawmaker representing Quezon City’s 2nd District.over post-election substitution efforts, reading them as the latest attempts to abuse the party-list system.There’s a caveat though: the disqualification case junked by the Comelec is not yet fully resolved.
In fact, the petitioner in the case filed a motion for reconsideration with the poll body on Monday, May 29, seeking a reversal of the original ruling. It was only elevated to the en banc the next day. “We were already assured by the Comelec that the letter [certifying that Tulfo is the new ACT-CIS nominee] is forthcoming, and we were furnished a copy of the notice of dismissal of the case against him,” he said.
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