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Public can file case vs nominee substitution: Comelec spox

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MANILA - The public can &quot;file any case they want&quot; following the approval of former Commission on Elections commissioner Rowena Guanzon as a substitute nominee of the P3PWD party-list, the acting spokesperson of the poll body said Thursday.Party-list organizations may still substitute their nominees even after May 9 pending approval of the Comelec, an official earlier said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/15/22/comelec-oks-guanzons-bid-to-become-party-list-rep">Comelec OKs Guanzon&#x27;s bid to become party-list representative</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/26/22/party-list-substitutes-require-comelec-approval-garcia">Comelec: Party-lists can still substitute nominees after elections but...</a></li></ul>This is because Comelec cannot force party-list nominees to serve their terms, according to Comelec acting spokesperson Rex Laudiangco.&quot;Nobody can force you to remain as a nominee, this is a free country. Comelec does not have the power to do that if they really wanted to vacate their post, their nomination. They can always do that,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.&quot;The public at large can still file any case they want. Really there is a need perhaps to amend the law but until then Comelec is tied.&quot;National Youth Commission chairman Ronald Cardema, who was disqualified by Comelec in 2019 as representative of the Duterte Youth Party-list for being overaged, said he would oppose the approval of Guanzon as a substitute nominee.Guanzon at the time largely opposed Cardema&#x27;s nomination and alleged the latter had threatened her life for this.&quot;Pwede tayong mag-file ng petition against this circumvention of the law. Actually siya ng gumamit ng terminong iyon, &#x27;mockery and circumvention of the law,&quot; he said in a Facebook live early Thursday.(We can file a petition agains this circumvention of the law. Actually she was the one who used that term, &#x27;mockery and circumvention of the law.)&quot;So pwede tayong mag-oppose (we can oppose this) and we will try to oppose this and file our petition maybe today or tomorrow in the Comelec.&quot;The party-list has until June 19 to publish its new list of nominees after which the Comelec en banc &quot;will be issuing the necessary certificates of proclamation,&quot; Laudiangco said.

The public can 'file any case they want' following the approval of former Commission on Elections commissioner Rowena Guanzon as a substitute nominee of the P3PWD party-list, the acting spokesperson of the poll body said Thursday.