Comelec: Erice's disqualification final, executory

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has declared its decision to disqualify former congressman Edgar Erice from running in the May 2025 elections as final and executory.

- Rhodina Villanueva, Mark Ernest Villeza, Evelyn Macairan

In an en banc ruling, the poll body said its Dec. 27 decision barring Erice from next year's mid-term elections is "declared final and executory under the Comelec Rules of Procedure and Comelec Resolution 11046."

The Comelec said it released the certificate of finality since the Supreme Court did not issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the ruling.

Erice yesterday asked the High Court to reverse the ruling and allow him to run for a seat in the House of Representatives next year.

In an 18-page petition for certiorari with application for TRO and/or writ of preliminary injunction, Erice asked the court to prevent the poll body from implementing its resolution and to include his name among candidates in the printing of ballots.