00:00He has not yet been listed as a member of the Balota, but there are 66 COCs who were involved in the investigation of the law department of Comelec.
00:12One of them is Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, who was convicted of disqualification case of the Partidong Workers and Peasants Party.
00:25Sandra Aguinaldo is on the case.
00:30The Partidong Workers and Peasants Party, or WPT, continued to protest when the CONA, or Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance, was given to Pastor Apollo Quiboloy.
00:40A while ago, Senatorial aspirant Sani Matula formally asked Comelec to cancel the CONA of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, which was given without authorization.
00:52He also asked to disqualify Quiboloy.
00:55But Attorney Mark Christopher Tolentino, Quiboloy's political spokesperson, filed a petition to declare Matula and others as nuisances and to cancel their COCs and CONAs.
01:08Matula and Tolentino became friends and introduced each other as president of the WPP.
01:13It should be noted that the COC hired Quiboloy as a senator under the WPP, while he is currently in prison for child abuse and human trafficking cases.
01:24Comelec has yet to respond to these petitions.
01:27But Quiboloy is one of the 66 senatorial aspirants who passed the Comelec Law Department and may be included in the upcoming election.
01:38These are a mix of individuals, may be incumbents, may be independents.
01:44There are political parties, but they are not that well-known.
01:47Labor leaders, lawyers, doctors, we included all of them based on our qualifications and determination.
01:55Our determination is based on the assessment of the law department, whether they have a political party or they are independent candidates.
02:03That is not the basis of including them.
02:08Of the 183 who filed the Certificate of Candidacy or COC, there are 117 who were not included in the list.
02:17Comelec will issue a petition to declare them nuisance.
02:22There are 24 petitions filed by the law department to its senatorial aspirants.
02:29The due process still needs to be given.
02:32The 117 out of the 183 senatorial aspirants to explain why they should not be declared nuisance candidates.
02:45For GMA Integrated News, Sandra Aguinaldo, Nakatuto, 24 Hours.
03:15For GMA Integrated News, Sandra Aguinaldo, Nakatuto, 24 Hours.
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