00:00Two people introduced the President of the party appointed by Pastor Apolo Quibuloy to his candidacy.
00:07One of them declared that he is not a member of the Church Of Christ,
00:11while another spokesman of Quibuloy answered.
00:15The story of the Comelec is in the hands of Sandra Aguinaldo.
00:21Pastor Apolo Quibuloy's camp showed some pictures of a strong woman
00:26that her CONA or Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance that you are questioning in the Comelec is legitimate.
00:33The CONA was issued by an official of a party where an individual is their true candidate.
00:40The CONA that was issued by Quibuloy was signed by Atty. Mark Tolentino, who is also a political spokesman of Quibuloy.
00:47Tolentino said that he is the President of the Workers and Peasants Party or WPP.
00:53During the 2022 elections, he was the one who led the signing of the CONA by the candidates of the party.
00:59Based on the record of the Comelec, I am the President of WPP.
01:04I have with me the certification from the Comelec.
01:08As you can see, the President there is Mark Christopher Tolentino.
01:12We also have the authority to sign the CONA from the Comelec.
01:16But Atty. Sunny Matula insisted that he is the President of the WPP.
01:22They held a party convention where the candidates were chosen, but Tolentino was not there.
01:30They are hijacking the WPP to improve Polo Quibuloy.
01:37In our opinion, it's a game of smoke and mirror that our countrymen want to play.
01:46I think they are using schemes of magicians to cover up the cases that Polo Quibuloy is facing.
01:59Matula also showed the sworn list of authorized signatories in the CONA that they submitted to the Comelec on September 25.
02:07Atty. Tolentino is not on the list.
02:09According to the Comelec, Tolentino's group also submitted to the Comelec the list of authorized signatories.
02:16The Commission said that it is possible that there are factions in the party.
02:20We have two authorized signatories and therefore the Comelec is still resolving.
02:25If the Comelec needs to pass, only one of the factions will be recognized
02:30and the candidates of the other faction will become independent candidates.
02:35According to the Supreme Court, the Comelec is empowered to resolve intra-party disputes
02:40and our basis will always be the bylaws, the constitutional bylaws of the political party.
02:46According to the Justice Department, their cases are under investigation and that's why Quibuloy is running.
02:52His filing of the certificate of candidacy for Senate is a dare to the government to do something fast.
03:01Because if the time comes and he becomes lawful as a senator, then he will have some sort of protection already.
03:12But what we want is for him to face the charges first, not to make a mockery of the election system, not to make a mockery of democracy.
03:22For GMA Integrated News, Sandra Aguinaldo, for Tutok, 24 hours.
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