Former Caloocan City Second District Representative Edgar Erice on Sunday disclosed that he will elevate his disqualification case to the Supreme Court after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) upheld the decision prohibiting him from running in the 2025 midterm polls.
Erice said that despite the decision of the Comelec affirming his disqualification, he will bring his case to the Supreme Court, as he has proof that backs up his claim against South Korea’s Miru Systems.
“I will elevate it to the Supreme Court on 3 January. I will present a video regarding the machine that will prove I am correct,” Erice said in a message.
He also stressed that all evidences were submitted to the Supreme Court, but the other findings will be submitted with the supplemental complaint to the Ombudsman.
To recall, Miru completed manufacturing 110,000 automated counting machines last October which will be used for the 2025 national and local elections.
The former Caloocan City lawmaker said that the decision by the poll body was already expected because he sued the Comelec before the Supreme Court and the Ombudsman.
“No legal basis but as I said before, I have expected that the Comelec will deny me appeal with extreme prejudice because I sued them before,” Erice said.
Meantime, the Comelec said that Erice’s action disrupts the electoral process and causes confusion.
“Disqualified for deliberately spreading false and alarming reports, and circulating misleading messages to disrupt the electoral process and cause confusion among voters,” the Comelec’s ruling reads.
Last August, the former solon filed a graft case against Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia and members of the Comelec Bids and Awards Committee before the Ombudsman after awarding a P18-billion contract to the South Korean firm.