Leyte 4th District Representative Richard Gomez faces a disqualification case over allegations of spreading ‘malicious and false’ information about the upcoming election.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/richard-gomez-disqualification-case-malicious-fake-news/
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00:00Leyte Fourth District Rep. Richard Gomez faces a disqualification case over allegations
00:06of spreading, quote, malicious and false information about the upcoming election.
00:10Philippine News Agency reports the petition was filed by William Oñate, a mayoral candidate
00:15from Palumpon, Leyte, with the Commission on Elections.
00:18The petition says Gomez violated Section 261z11 of the Omnibus Election Code when he shared
00:24a video from the local radio show, Cruzada sa Radyo, on his verified Facebook page.
00:29The video, hosted by John Kevin Pilapil, allegedly made misleading accusations against
00:33the electoral board members in Palumpon.
00:36In the radio program, Pilapil accuses EB members of having ties to certain candidates for mayor,
00:41councillor, and other local positions.
00:43He also allegedly threatened an election officer and accused her of bribery.
00:48Gomez captions his post, quote, Palumpon is poised to do grave and massive election cheating
00:52this coming May.
00:54The petition also says Gomez not only shared the video, but it also boosted its reach by
00:59reposting it on his official campaign page, Richard Goma Gomez, with over 700,000 followers.
01:05Oñate also urges the Comelec to declare votes for Gomez as invalid.
01:09In response, Gomez welcomes the petition, according to a GMA News online report.
01:14He says disqualification cases are used to, quote, cause disruption during the election
01:18process.