Lawyer says SC ruling on Camarines Norte governor sets ‘dangerous precedent’

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A lawyer said on Monday (September 16) the Supreme Court’s (SC) ruling that allowed Edgardo A. Tallado to run for governor of Camarines Norte in last May’s elections despite his disqualification by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for having completed his three-term limit “sets a dangerous precedent.”

In a statement, Archim Yanto – lawyer for the petition to disqualify Tallado – said the SC ruling, if not reversed, will now allow politicians to extend their Constitutionally mandated term limit by way of self-induced graft and administrative cases “just to break the continuity of their tenure and reset” their term of office.

Yanto said the SC ruling gives politicians the “reset button” to be able to perpetuate themselves in power. Based on Tallado’s insistence, the SC ruled that there was an involuntary interruption to office after he was dismissed from the service by the Ombudsman, Yanto said.

 

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