No TRO either for Jalosjos
By Jerome Aning
The Supreme Court has refused former Congressman Romeo Jalosjos’ bid to temporarily stop the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from disqualifying him from the Zamboanga mayoralty post.
The Supreme Court has refused former Congressman Romeo Jalosjos’ bid to temporarily stop the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from disqualifying him from the Zamboanga mayoralty post.
Former Congressman Romeo Jalosjos on Monday asked the Supreme Court to reverse the ruling of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) disqualifying him from running in this year’s mayoralty race in Zamboanga City.
Freed child rapist Romeo Jalosjos is bringing in would-be voters into the city in an apparent bid to bolster his chances of winning the race for mayor despite the likelihood of his getting disqualified because of his criminal record.
The Supreme Court has ordered the “perpetual special disqualification” from public office of Dominador Jalosjos, a brother of convicted rapist Romeo Jalosjos, because of a prision mayor sentence that he received for a robbery conviction in 1970 that he never served.
A few minutes before noon yesterday, former Zamboanga del Norte representative Romeo Jalosjos, along with his entire slate under the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), trooped to the city elections office and filed their respective certificates of candidacy (COCs).
A few minutes before noon Friday, former Zamboanga del Norte Representative Romeo Jalosjos and his entire slate under the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), trooped to local elections office and filed their respective certificates of candidacy.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has rejected a bid by Romeo Jalosjos, a convicted child rapist released from prison in 2009 after serving a sentence shortened by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, to register as a voter here.
The Commission on Elections has rejected a bid by Romeo Jalosjos, a convicted child rapist released from prison in 2009 after serving a sentence shortened by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, to register as a voter here.
A former congressman who once was an inmate at the New Bilibid Prison said “kubols” (small huts) should be allowed for prisoners who can afford them, as part of maintaining their “dignity.”
