THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed the first of at least seven disqualification cases filed against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for being "grossly insufficient" in evidence and for failing to prove that the respondent was a nuisance candidate.

The petition to declare Marcos a nuisance candidate was filed by Danilo Lihaylihay, who is also running for president in the 2022 polls as an independent. Petitioner also asked the commission to refuse to give due course to and cancel the respondent's certificate of candidacy (CoC) for president.

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