THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has summoned an incumbent board member of the province of Batangas in connection with a petition seeking the cancellation of her certificate of candidacy (CoC) as a mayoralty aspirant in the coming 2025 midterm polls for material misrepresentation.

The Comelec Second Division, through Genesis Gatdula, clerk of the commission, directed three-termer board member Arlene Bantugon Magboo to file a verified answer cum memorandum within five days from receipt of the summon.

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