TWO days before President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. takes his formal oath of office as the 17th President of the Republic of the Philippines, the Supreme Court (SC) has removed all legal barriers by junking the petitions that sought his disqualification from office.
The SC ruled unanimously,13-0, to allow Marcos to sit as the legitimate president of the country by affirming the findings of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
The ruling was penned by SC Justice Rodil Zalameda. Justices Henry Paul Inting and Antonio Kho inhibited from the case.
The group of Fr. Christian Buenafe, Fides Lim, Ma. Edeliza Hernandez, Delia Lagman Sevilla, Roland Vibal and Josephine Lascano want the SC to issue a temporary restraining order against the Senate and House of Representatives from counting the votes cast for Marcos.
The petitioners also asked the court to declare as void ab initio the certificate of candidacy (CoC) filed by Marcos. They sought Marcos' disqualification based on his alleged failure to file his income tax returns (ITRs) when he was an official in Ilocos Norte
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