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Comelec junks DQ bid vs. Lino Cayetano, to probe him for alleged misrepresentation
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ordered its law department to conduct a preliminary investigation into former Taguig City mayor Lino Cayetano for alleged material misrepresentation.
This comes after the Comelec First Division dismissed a petition to disqualify Cayetano in the recent midterm polls as 'moot and academic' following his failed bid to become representative of the first district of Taguig.
'Wherefore, the Commission (First Division) resolved, as it hereby resolves, to dismiss the Petition for being moot and academic,' the decision dated June 18 reads.
'Further, the records of this case are referred to the Law Department of the Commission for the conduct of preliminary investigation for possible violation of election laws,' it added.
GMA News Online has reached out to Cayetano for comment.
In October 2024, Allen Noromor filed an opposition questioning the residency of Lino, and his wife, Fille.
In March, the Taguig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 153 directed the Comelec ERB Taguig City to exclude the names of the couple from the list of official voters of a precinct in Barangay Usuan after the couple failed to establish the required residency requirement and their petition for inclusion was filed out of time.
The case stemmed from the ERB's disapproval of the Cayetanos' application to transfer their registration records in October 2024.
Cayetano lost his congressional bid for Eleksyon 2025 to Ading Cruz. He garnered 79,064 votes. — BM, GMA Integrated News
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