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Party-list group faces DQ case for vote-buying
The Philippine Star
|February 26, 2025
The party-list group Construction Workers Solidarity (CWS) is now at risk of disqualification from the midterm elections due to alleged involvement in vote-buying.
In a four-page petition, Mataasnakahoy Vice Mayor and Batangas gubernatorial candidate Jay Ilagan urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify the CWS, citing its first nominee, incumbent party-list Rep. Edwin Gadiola.
Ilagan alleged that during the Barakofest 2025 on Feb. 13 in Lipa, Batangas, the CWS organized a "Last to Take Hands Off Challenge" and awarded three brand-new cars as prizes to the winners.
"The act of distributing high-value prizes by a party-list during the campaign period constitutes vote-buying," Ilagan said.
He argued that the giveaway violated election laws prohibiting vote-buying and breached a Comelec resolution banning material inducements to influence voters.
Since the event and prize distribution reportedly took place within the 90-day campaign period, Ilagan called on Comelec to investigate the incident, hold CWS criminally and administratively liable and disqualify the group.
This story is from the February 26, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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