(UPDATE) TWO days before President-elect Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. takes his formal oath of office as the 17th President of the Republic of the Philippines, the Supreme Court removed all legal barriers by junking petitions that sought his disqualification from seeking the country's highest post.

The Supreme Court en banc ruled unanimously to allow Marcos to sit as the legitimate president of the country as it affirmed the Jan. 17, 2022 and May 10, 2022 resolutions of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), according to the Supreme Court Public Information Office.