The Commission on Elections on Wednesday suspended the proclamation of former Department of Social Welfare and Development secretary Erwin Tulfo as nominee next-in-line of ACT-CIS party-list group after a petition for his disqualification was filed on February 28.
“Said Petition, docketed as SPA-23-001 by the Clerk of the Commission, was taken cognizance by the Commission under Sections 1 to 5 of Rule 5 of COMELEC Resolution No. 9366. Therein, Atty. Moises S. Tolentino, Jr. is seeking the disqualification of Mr. Tulfo on allegations pertaining to ‘question of citizenship’ and ‘conviction by final judgment of a crime involving moral turpitude,’” Laudiangco said.
"Pursuant to the Rules, SPA-23-001 is scheduled to be raffled to a Division for Hearing on March 6, 2023,” he added.“We are ready to submit our docs from the court and from the embassy,” Tulfo told GMA News Online.