COMELEC Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said that late dictator’s son Bongbong Marcos is not qualified to run for president in the May 2022 polls.
Guanzon said that she voted in favor of a consolidated case involving 3 petitions to disqualify Marcos.
Guanzon reiterated that Marcos Jr. was sentenced in a crime involving moral turpitude.
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“Moral turpitude, pagnanakaw. Sa Australia, traffic violation, moral turpitude. They will cancel your application for citizenship. Traffic violation lang ha? Nag-one way street ka lang. Dito sa Pilipinas, ibig mong sabihin, ‘di ka nag-file ng income tax return apat na beses bilang gobernador ng Ilocos at ang presidente at diktador ay ama mo? Hindi pa ‘yun moral turpitude?” Guanzon told ABS-CBN News.
“He was convicted. Convicted! Marcos Jr. was convicted, he’s a convict! How many times do I have to say he’s a convict? He was convicted twice in the regional trial court and in the Court of Appeals,” Guanzon emphasized.
The retiring commissioner added that Marcos did not even bother to pay his taxes.
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“I cannot find any legal justification for his actions. I cannot conclude but say all those failures to file ITR for 4 years and to pay the fine were intentionally done with a cavalier attitude, being the son of the president, who thought he was above the law,” she said.
“Nagnakaw nga ang tao ng 10 kilong mangga, kinulong nila. Ito bale pagnanakaw din ito ng buwis sa gobyerno, apat na taon, hindi nagbayad ng multa, hindi ito moral turpitude? Ay pambihira naman,” she said.
