THE Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) has rejected former Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano’s bid to transfer their voter registration to the congressional district of Taguig-Pateros.
In a 24-page decision, the Comelec’ Election Registration Board (ERB) said Cayetano and his wife Fille Saint Merced Cayetano applied for the transfer of their residency to the 1st District of Taguig-Pateros last month.
The couple claimed they had been living at Pacific Residences in Barangay Ususan for at least two years and five months.
However, the ERB found discrepancies in their submitted documents, including their passports. The panel said the Cayetanos passports failed to substantiate their assertion of current address.
“At best, the passports serve to establish their identity rather than their residential address,” the ERB noted.
The Comelec said the Cayetano couple will remain registered in Brgy. Fort Bonifacio.
Cayetano already filed his certificate of candidacy for a congressional seat representing Taguig-Pateros representative.
Comelec chairman George Erwin Garcia said it was premature to answer as to how the ERB ruling would affect Cayetano’s bid,
“There are still remedies he can avail, hence it’s improper to speculate at this point,” he said.
Cayetano filed his certificate of candidacy to run as representative of the 1st District of Taguig-Pateros, challenging incumbent Rep. Ricardo Cruz Jr. who was endorsed by his brother, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, and sister-in-law, Mayor Lani Cayetano.
