Comelec’s justification of Mocha’s appointment may also mean no-term limit for party-list solons – Fortun

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Agusan Norte 1st District Rep. Lawrence Fortun said Tuesday that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) justification for pro-administration blogger Mocha Uson's recent appointment to the Cabinet strips party-list nominees of their three-term limit in the House of Representatives.

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Agusan Norte 1st District Rep. Lawrence Fortun said Tuesday that the Commission on Elections justification for pro-administration blogger Mocha Uson’s recent appointment to the Cabinet strips party-list nominees of their three-term limit in the House of Representatives.Fortun, a member of the Minority, stressed this while being amazed over Comelec spokesman James Jimenez’s line of argument on the issue.

“So, the one-year appointment ban on losing candidates does not apply to Miss Mocha because she was, technically, not a candidate in the last elections, but her party-list. The ban applies to the party-list, not her, because she was only a nominee. Kailan po ba kayo nakarinig ng party-list na inappoint sa isang posisyon sa gobyerno? ” Fortun said in reaction to the Jimenez’s reasoning.

Fortun further asked: “Applying the same principle, does it follow that a party-list nominee holding a public post need not resign, or cannot be deemed resigned, because he or she is not a candidate?

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