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De Lima's party-list proclamation to push through despite CA ruling - Comelec
Manila Bulletin
|May 17, 2025
The proclamation of presumptive Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list representative Leila de Lima will push through next week despite the Court of Appeal (CA)'s nullification of her acquittal by a local court in one of her drug cases.
Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said Friday, May 16, that the poll body "is seeing no reason" to suspend De Lima's or her party-list's proclamation because the CA's decision was not even a final conviction.
"Wala naman pong pending case sa amin yung mismong naturang partylist para kami mag issue ng (Her party-list does not have any pending case before Comelec, so there's no reason to issue an) order to suspend any proclamation," Garcia said in a press conference.
He also said that CA's decision can also be subject to a motion for reconsideration or be appealed at the Supreme Court (SC).
This story is from the May 17, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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