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Mocha Uson's party-list granted accreditation, Celine Pialago's rejected

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ruled on the qualification of 2 new party-lists groups led by controversial administration officials. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/01/12/20220112-partylist.jpg"/><figcaption>The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ruled on the qualification of 2 new party-lists groups led by controversial administration officials. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ruled on the qualification of 2 new party-lists groups, led by controversial administration officials seeking to join the Halalan 2022 race.</p><p>In a resolution promulgated Jan. 10, the Comelec en banc junked the application for registration of Malasakit Movement party-list, effectively disqualifying it from seeking congressional seats in the May polls.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Malakasit Movement party-list led by former MMDA &amp; NTF-ELCAC spox Celine Pialago is OUT of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2022</a> race after Comelec junks its application for registration. <a href="https://t.co/UgsZMYDNBT">pic.twitter.com/UgsZMYDNBT</a></p>— J. Villaruel (@jauhnetienne) <a href="https://twitter.com/jauhnetienne/status/1480895077363126272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The party-list is led by Celine Pialago, a beauty queen and former spokesperson of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).</p><p>In a statement, Pialago said she would let their legal team handle the case.</p><p>&quot;May mga legal na paraan pa po para makalaban sa darating na 2022 elections. Hahayaan ko na po ang aming legal team sa bagay na yan,&quot; she said.</p><p>The Comelec has yet to release the full resolution detailing its ruling, but spokesman James Jimenez said the group failed to prove they were representing marginalized sectors.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JUST IN: Mocha Uson&#x27;s Mothers For Change party-list has been GRANTED accreditation by Comelec to join <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2022</a> race, says spox James Jimenez.</p>— J. Villaruel (@jauhnetienne) <a href="https://twitter.com/jauhnetienne/status/1481155713669861378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Meanwhile, Jimenez announced that Mothers For Change party-list, helmed by former Overseas Workers Welfare Administration executive Mocha Uson, has been granted accreditation by the poll body.</p><p>Jimenez said the group, which seeks to represent mothers, met all requirements sought by the Comelec. </p><p>Uson, known for allegedly peddling fake news in favor of the administration, is joined by beauty queen and NTF-ELCAC ambassador Michelle Gumabao as nominees of Mothers For Change. </p><p>RELATED VIDEO</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFtxkfkAJ-M?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

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Mocha Uson's party-list granted accreditation, Celine Pialago's rejected

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published Jan 12, 2022 06:01 PM PHT

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