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Guanzon slams 'threats' from Marcos' Partido Federal: 'Lalabanan ko ang mali'

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Commissioner Rowena Guanzon talks to the media at the COMELEC headquarters in Manila on September 25, 2019. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/10/10/20190925-rowena-guanzon-gc-57.jpg"/><figcaption>Commissioner Rowena Guanzon talks to the media at the COMELEC headquarters in Manila on September 25, 2019. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Commission on Elections commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Friday hit back at the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) for seeking a probe against her, after she voted to disqualify presidential bet Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos Jr.</p><p>&quot;Alam ba ni BBM that Partido Federal is threatening me, the Presiding Commissioner, while his case is pending? Baka e contempt ko kayo ipakulong ko kayo sa Manila City Jail,&quot; Guanzon said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/rowena_guanzon/status/1486894462533980160" target="_blank">tweet</a>, following PFP&#x27;s call to probe and <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/28/22/marcos-party-wants-guanzon-disbarred-for-leaking-vote" target="_blank">disbar</a> Guanzon over her &quot;illegal&quot; disclosure of her decision on the disqualification cases. </p><p>On Thursday, Guanzon told media that she voted to disqualify Marcos, whom she believes has been sentenced in a crime involving moral turpitude, which is one of the grounds for disqualification under the Omnibus Election Code.</p><p>Guanzon also bared that an &quot;unseen hand&quot; has dipped its fingers into the case, as the division has yet to take a vote.</p><p>But the PFP said Guanzon&#x27;s &quot;haste&quot; and claims of &quot;double hearsay&quot; made her &quot;unworthy of a sitting Commissioner of the Comelec.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Because of her [premature] disclosure or leaking of her unpromulgated dissenting opinion, Commissioner Guanzon should be disbarred, with forfeiture of her retirement benefits and lifetime pension because she destroyed the reputation of the institution,&quot; Atty. George S. Briones, General Counsel of the PFP said in a statement. </p><p>Guanzon however said she would face the probe and prove that she adheres only to &quot;honor and excellence.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Kahit magdildil ako ng asin lalabanan ko ang masasama at mali. Honor and excellence. Fight,&quot; she said. </p><p>She also slammed the party for supposedly being vindictive.</p><p>&quot;Ang mga Marcos hindi vindictive. Bakit ang Partido ni BBM vindictive? Utos ba ni BBM yan?&quot;</p><p>Guanzon is part of the three-member Comelec First Division handling consolidated petitions for Marcos&#x27; disqualification from the presidential race over a 1995 tax evasion conviction.</p><p>The petitions were separately filed by martial law survivors, led by Bonifacio Ilagan; Akbayan party-list; and Abubakar Mangelen.</p><p>A majority vote is needed to grant or junk the petitions. The other members of the 1st Division are Commissioners Aimee Ferolino and Marlon Casquejo.</p><p>According to Guanzon, Ferolino is the &quot;ponente&quot; or the commissioner assigned to write the ruling.</p><p>Guanzon, who is set to step down from office next week, admitted the division has yet to take a vote on the consolidated case.</p><p>&quot;The ponente, who has the duty to write the resolution, 16 days na hindi pa niya nilalabas, eh may agreement naman kami na Jan. 17 ilabas,&quot; Guanzon earlier explained. </p><div><strong>- With reports from Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1908729" width="100%"></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>

Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Friday hit back at the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) for seeking a probe against her, after she voted to disqualify presidential bet Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr.