POE: Disappointed but this is not the end. FILE PHOTO
The Senate Electoral Tribunal decision affirming the dismissal of the disqualification case against Senator Grace Poe is expected, Atty. Manuelito Luna, counsel for presidential aspirant Rizalito David, the complainant on the case, said in a text message.
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“We’ll we are expecting it since the majority does not know how to read the Constitution,” Luna said.
He said they will take the case to the Supreme Court citing grave abuse of discretion and violation of the Lerias doctrine.
In the Lerias v. Mercado case, the high court warned politicians who are members of the electoral tribunals against partisan voting.
“Politicians who are members of electoral tribunals, must think and act like judges, accordingly, they must resolve election controversies with judicial, not political, integrity,” the high court said in a Lerias case.
David, in their 140-page motion for reconsideration said the five senators in the majority ruling—Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, Loren Legarda, Pia Cayetano, Cynthia Villar and Bam Aquino violated the rule on the primacy of the Constitution over international laws.
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“Petitioner scored the majority for violating the Constitution with its legally infirm decision as well as political votes case to accommodate Respondent Poe. The five senator-judges failed to uphold judicial integrity in interpreting the Constitution and international laws,” Luna said. RAM
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