Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guazon. APPLICANT FOR PHOTO FILE
MANILA, Philippines – Election Commission (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Monday announced that she would order the camp of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to present a notarized medical certificate after the former senator ignored the electoral body’s hearing on his disqualification cases.
“I’ll order the doctor and Atty. [Vic] Rodriguez to justify or demand that his doctor have his medical certificate legalized, ”Guanzon said in a tweet on Monday.
Rodriguez is Marcos’ chief of staff and spokesperson.
So why didn’t his lead lawyer submit a medical certificate dated January 6 if this is true? I will order the doctor and Atty Rodriguez to justify or require his doctor to have his medical certificate notarized.@jabjimenez @COMELEC @cnnphilippines @gmanews @InquirerMobile https://t.co/gkPR4HuNVk
– Rowena Guanzon (@rowena_guanzon) January 9, 2022
On January 7, Comelec’s preliminary conference on Marcos’ disqualification cases was delayed by an hour while the electoral body awaited his medical certificate to justify his absence from the hearing.
His camp eventually presented a medical certificate stating that the former senator needed rest due to “difficulty speaking and a painfully congested throat.”
However, it later turned out that Marcos was doing well enough that he was able to virtually attend a radio interview to talk about his platforms on the afternoon of January 6, a day before the preliminary conference.
According to Rodriguez, Marcos was already feeling bad on January 6, but he chose to conduct a scheduled interview.
But Guazon seems to have misgivings.
Now I have to ask the doctor who examined Marcos Jr to have his medical certificate legalized and indicate his medical license number. https://t.co/Z7wuhyO5KE
– Rowena Guanzon (@rowena_guanzon) January 9, 2022
“Now I have to demand that the doctor who examined Marcos Jr. have his medical certificate.[ificate] notarized and indicate his medical license number, ”Guanzon said in another tweet.
The presidential aspiring camp had clarified that Marcos had only been ordered to isolate himself on the morning of the preliminary conference on January 7.
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