The petition for recall filed against Mayor Marcelo Navarro Jr. of Bani, Pangasinan was dismissed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc for failing to come up with the number of signatures required of such a petition.
Atty. Jerpy Erguiza, counsel of Navarro, said the petition filed by former Councilor Hanibal Olores, a defeated mayoral candidate, did not comply with the percentage rule required.
Erguiza said the rule states that the poll body can take cognizance of the petition if the number of signatories meet the minimum 20 percent of the voting population of the town, which is more or less 27,000.
Though the voting population of Bani is more or less 27,000, its registered voters are only around 25,000.
Erguiza was also informed that the petitioner was only able to muster less than 5,400 signatures, or 11 signatures short of those required of the petition.
On the other hand, Erguiza said the recall petition filed by Barangay Captain Marcelo Togas of Barangay Garrita, Bani against Vice Mayor Filipinas Rivera and some town councilors is undergoing more study before the Comelec in Manila.
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