Comelec Lifts Suspension on Teodoro's Proclamation

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has lifted the suspension on the proclamation of Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro as the winning congressman of the city's 1st District.

- MAYEN JAYMALIN, Emmanuel Tupas, Marc Jayson Cayabyab

In a resolution issued on June 25, the Comelec en banc reversed a previous ruling of the poll body's First Division canceling Teodoro's certificate of candidacy (COC). Comelec Chairman George Garcia and two other poll commissioners inhibited from Teodoro's case due to previous personal relationships with the parties in the complaint. Four commissioners voted to set aside the December 2024 ruling.

Teodoro won over Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III in the May midterm elections. Pimentel was among the petitioners who sought the cancellation of Teodoro's COC for congressman. According to Comelec, the petitioners failed to prove that Teodoro committed material misrepresentation in his COC since he served as 1st District representative for three consecutive terms.