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Comelec says petition of Tiburcio Marcos vs BBM still pending
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has admitted an error in its previous statement regarding the petition filed by Tiburcio Marcos against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s candidacy.
Comelec spokesman James Jimenez stated that the petition has not been junked but is currently "submitted to the division" for resolution.
This correction came after Jimenez's earlier pronouncement on January 4 that the petition had already been denied.
The petition filed by Tiburcio Marcos, unlike other challenges, is based on a conspiracy theory that the current Bongbong Marcos is an impostor, with the real one having died in 1975.
Tiburcio argues that the alleged impostor Marcos Jr. does not legally exist as the owner of the name and nickname has been deceased for decades.
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