MILITANT group Bayan has called for the resignation of Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials after allowing former Pampanga Rep. Mikey Arroyo to sit as representative of the Ang Galing Pinoy party-list.
“These commissioners cannot be trusted to carry out their mandate of ensuring that the laws related to the elections are correctly upheld. They appear incapable of understanding the law. They have lost the trust of the electorate. They must resign,” Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. said.
The Comelec commissioners who allowed Mikey to represent AGP were: Nicodemo Ferrer, Lucenito Tagle, Armando Velasco and Elias Yusoph. Those who dissented were Commissioners Rene Sarmiento and Gregorio Larrazabal.
The Comelec en banc earlier allowed Arroyo to sit as Ang Galing Pinoy representative as it junked the petition of several groups questioning the legality of the former Pampanga congressman to be a nominee of the party-list.
Reyes also urged the Aquino administration to block Arroyo from sitting as a party-list representative when the 15th Congress opens on July 26. (PIA-Bohol)
