Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, the party-list of presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos, wants the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to investigate Commissioner Rowena Guanzon for disclosing her votes for petitions seeking Marcos disqualification to the presidential race.
Guanzon told the media that she voted in favor of the disqualification petition and hinted that a powerful politician could be behind the delay in the division’s decision. She is set to retire on February 2.
PFP legal counsel George Briones said that Guanzon should be “disbarred, with forfeiture of her retirement benefits and lifetime pension” for disclosing her vote.
“The PFP requests the Comelec En Banc to conduct an administrative investigation immediately against her for alleged violation of the Canons of Judicial Ethics and Code of Judicial Conduct before her retirement benefits are released,” PFP said in a statement.
PFP said that Guanzon showed ‘undue interest’ by disclosing her vote to the public.
“To the extent that she will forfeit her retirement benefits and lifetime pension to support the candidacy of Vice President Leni Robredo who the petitioners in this case openly support speaks of how deep she Guanzon is interested in this case,” he added.
The lawyer said that Guanzon should have inhibited from the case because she was an appointee of the late and former president Noynoy Aquino.
“Suspicion of being warped by political bias will attach to a judge who becomes an active promoter of the interests of one political party against another, Commissioner Guanzon’s mad rush to come out with a decision of the first division bares her true color which is yellow,” Briones added.
Guanzon remains unfazed amid the threat of the Marcos camp.
“Alam ba ni Marcos that Partido Federal is threatening me, the presiding commissioner while his case is pending? Baka i-contempt ko kayo ipakulong ko kayo sa Manila City Jail,” she said in a tweet.
