Dismissed Mandaue Metropolis Mayor Jonas Cortes. | CDN Digital photograph / Mary Rose Sagarino
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – For dismissed Mandaue Metropolis Mayor Jonas Cortes, his ‘struggle for justice’ is way from over.
Cortes mentioned in an interview on Monday that his attorneys already filed a movement to hunt reconsideration of the choice of the Comelec Second Division to cancel his Certificates of Candidacy (COC).
He mentioned that his COC shouldn’t be cancelled till such time that his dismissal from authorities service turns into “last and executory.” As of this writing, the Supreme Courtroom is but to rule on the enchantment that Cortes filed.
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Furthermore, Cortes mentioned that he didn’t commit materials misrepresentation, which the Comelec Second Division used as foundation to cancel his candidacy for Mandaue Metropolis mayor within the Could 2025 midterm elections.
“Og ato lang gyud subayon sa balaod, ako certified gyud. Actually, ang allegation nga dili ko certified contemplating nga wala ko moangkon nga aduna koy kaso, we’ve got to think about nga ang finality niana, didto sa pinakataas nga korte, which is the Supreme Courtroom. Beneath enchantment pa, so why would I say nga naa koy kaso nga with finality? Para nako, no ang akoang tubag,” mentioned Cortes.
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(If we comply with the legislation, it says that I’m certified to hunt election. Actually, the allegation that I’m not certified as a result of I didn’t declare that I’ve a case, we’ve got to think about that the Supreme Courtroom is but to rule on the finality of this case. This stays below enchantment, so why would I say that I’ve a case that was already dominated with finality? For me, my reply isn’t any.)
MATERIAL AND FALSE REPRESENTATION
Atty. Jamaal James Calipayan, the Mandaue Metropolis Administrator, shared on his Fb web page an authorized true copy of the questionnaire from Comelec that Cortes answered.
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Merchandise no. 16 requested the query: “Have you ever ever been discovered chargeable for an offense which carries with it the required penalty of perpetual disqualification to carry public workplace, which has turn into last and executory?”
Cortes marked the field for “no.”
Nonetheless, the Comelec’s Second Division dominated that Cortes dedicated materials and false illustration. The choice stemmed from a petition filed by lawyer Ervin Estandarte, who accused Cortes of great misrepresentation by asserting his eligibility to hunt an elective put up regardless of his dismissal from service by the Ombudsman, which he realized of a day earlier than he filed his COC.
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JUSTICE
In response to the petition, Cortes’ authorized group asserted that they submitted a reply. Nonetheless, the Comelec’s decision famous that Cortes didn’t file an Reply Cum Memorandum inside the specified deadline.
The dismissed mayor’s attorneys argued that the deadline set fell on a Saturday, and in response to the court docket guidelines, submissions due on weekends are usually prolonged to the following working day—Monday, the very day that they filed their movement.
Cortes expressed hope that Comelec would take into account their ‘substantive’ response. He additionally conveyed his gratitude to his supporters for his or her unwavering help.
“That is now not about me, it’s in regards to the individuals of Mandaue, it’s about justice, defending the rights of each Mandauehanons,” Cortes mentioned.
In the meantime, he accused his political opponents of orchestrating his disqualification and urged them to as a substitute give attention to having a good election right here somewhat than counting on disqualification techniques and their political connections.
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