Comelec dismisses nuisance petition against Quiboloy

The Commission on Elections has ruled in favor of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy after the poll body dismissed a petition by a political party asking that the religious leader be declared a nuisance candidate and his certificate of candidacy (COC) for the May 2025 elections be canceled.

- RHODINA VILLANUEVA

The Comelec First Division junked the petition filed by the Workers and Peasants Party (WPP) president Jose Sonny Matula.

"The petition deserves scant consideration for being unmeritorious and should be dismissed," read the resolution.

According to the First Division, the petition is being dismissed as it is not in accordance with the rules of the Commission, wherein a petition to declare one as a nuisance bet cannot be combined with other prayers.

"Given the above-mentioned circumstance, the instant petition suffers from a procedural defect that warrants its outright dismissal," the ruling noted.

The First Division noted that the petitioner failed to prove that the respondent was a nuisance candidate.