'Fake member': 'Unseated' Partido Federal chair seeks disqualification of Marcos Jr.

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Bongbong Marcos takes oath as a member of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas. Bongbong Marcos" FB="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/12/02/marcos.jpeg"/><figcaption>Bongbong Marcos takes oath as a member of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas. Bongbong Marcos&#x27; FB page</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Another petition seeking to disqualify presidential aspirant Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos, Jr. was filed at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Thursday, this time by someone who claims to be the chairman of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), the late dictator&#x27;s son&#x27;s current political party.</p><p>Abubakar Mangelen, who said he is the duly-elected chairman of PFP, said Marcos&#x27; certificate of nomination and acceptance (CONA) is &quot;unauthorized, defective, invalid, and void.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/02/21/comelec-seeks-response-on-marcos-allies-call-for-case-dismissal">Comelec seeks response on Marcos allies&#x27; call for case dismissal</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Moreso, PFP&#x27;s supposed indorsement of [Marcos] as Party&#x27;s presidential standard bearer is inoperative, void, and non-existent,&quot; read the petition of Mangelen, who currently sits as commissioner of National Commission on Muslim Filipinos.</p><p>Marcos on Oct. 5 took his oath as member and chairman of PFP. The following day, Marcos filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for president under PFP.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/05/21/bongbong-joins-party-that-endorsed-him-for-president">Bongbong Marcos joins party that endorsed him as 2022 presidential bet</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/06/21/bongbong-marcos-files-candidacy-for-president">Bongbong Marcos files candidacy for president; bares plan of &#x27;adopting&#x27; Duterte for vice president</a></li></ul><p>According to Mangelen, pro-Marcos PFP members ousted them &quot;without due process&quot; and in violation of the party&#x27;s constitution. </p><p>He said without his signature and concurrence in Marcos&#x27; CONA, the document is invalid. </p><p>Aside from seeking the invalidation of Marcos&#x27; CONA, Mangelen also wants the presidential frontrunner disqualified in the 2022 race over his 1995 conviction for tax evasion. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/02/21/comelec-urged-to-disqualify-marcos-jr-over-tax-evasion-case">Comelec urged to cancel Marcos Jr.&#x27;s presidential bid over tax evasion conviction</a></li></ul><p>In a statement, PFP secretary general Thompson Lantion said Mangelen was unseated as chairman during the party&#x27;s convention last Sept. 18. </p><p>&quot;Mr. Abubakar Mangelen was unseated as chairman in the party’s convention last September 18, 2021, when the PFP indorsed Marcos, Jr. as its presidential candidate, and the position of chairman was left vacant for Marcos,&quot; Lantion said. </p><p>Mangelen&#x27;s petition is the latest among the string of legal challenges against Marcos&#x27; presidential bid, considered the most contested in recent election history.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/19/21/marcos-bid-most-contested-in-recent-memory-official">Marcos presidential bid most contested since Poe&#x27;s 2016 legal row— official</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/02/21/marcos-faces-new-petition-vs-2022-presidential-bid">Bongbong Marcos faces 6th petition vs Halalan 2022 presidential bid</a></li></ul><p>The apparent internal feud in PFP surfaced even as the Comelec has yet to resolve a similar issue hounding the ruling party PDP-Laban, which has two opposing chairmen - President Rodrigo Duterte, who only joined the party shortly before joining the 2016 presidential race, and Sen. Aquilino &quot;Koko&quot; Pimentel III, son of the party&#x27;s co-founder, the late Sen. Aquilino &quot;Nene&quot; Pimentel, Jr.</p><p>RELATED VIDEO: </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CMO_kGXUT7A?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>

Another petition seeking to disqualify presidential aspirant Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos, Jr. was filed at the Comelec, this time by someone who claims to be the chairman of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, the late dictator's son's current political party.

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'Fake member': 'Unseated' Partido Federal chair seeks disqualification of Marcos Jr.

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published Dec 02, 2021 08:35 PM PHT

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Updated Dec 04, 2021 10:07 AM PHT

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