Comelec cancels Marcelino Teodoro's COC
2024-Dec-12 07:00
Mayor Marcelino Teodoro (Politiko/Marikina PIO)
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has cancelled Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro's certificate of candidacy (COC) for the 2025 elections.
Marcelino is running for a congressional seat in the next national and local elections.
In a decision, the poll body noted that Teodoro failed to comply with the one-year residency requirement in order to represent a district.
According to Comelec, while the mayor was born in the 1st District of Marikina, former Senator Aquilino Pimentel III and Leighrich Estanislao have petitioned the poll body to cancel the COC of Teodoro as he has been residing in Barangay Tumana located in the second district since 2018.
Pimentel has also filed for COC for the first district of Marikina.