
Three file petition for cancellation of Albee’s CoC for Bacolod mayor
Three complainants have filed a petition before the Commission on Elections in Manila seeking the cancellation of the certificate of candidacy (COC) of Bacolod mayoral aspirant Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez.Petitioners Hector Yula, Teodoro Abao and Jonah Tornea Abao in their petition dated October 25 asked the COMELEC to cancel the COC of Benitez “on the ground of material misrepresentation“ of his residence.They also claimed he failed to comply with the one-year residency requirement.Benitez claimed he had established residence at Mountain View Subdivision in Barangayay Mandalagan, Bacolod City, when he is in fact a resident of Victorias City, they said.The Comelec First Division has set the preliminary conference for the petition on November 24.Benitez on Thursday,...









