n an effort to unclog its dockets, the Comelec has simultaneously junked more than 1,000 cases on campaign overspending, including those still awaiting preliminary investigation or a resolution, in connection with the 2010 and 2013 elections. |kdevillaINQ
In a memo provided to the media on Wednesday, the Comelec cited an earlier Supreme Court ruling that pointed to the poll body’s “inordinate delay” in resolving cases when it granted the petition of former Digos City Mayor Joseph Peñas to dismiss his overspending case. The high tribunal’s decision, which came out in February last year, reversed the Comelec ruling on the mayor’s case.
“It was emphasized that it took Comelec a total of six years from filing the formal complaint to recommend the filing of information against Peñas and thus, failing to abide by the period for resolving cases prescribed in its own rules,” it said in its memo, citing the Supreme Court ruling.
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