Richard Gomez: Latest LP bet to be axed by Comelec
By Leila Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 02:12:00 02/18/2010
Filed Under: Inquirer Politics, Eleksyon 2010, Celebrities
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Close this MANILA, Philippines—The Liberal Party (LP) may have been allowed to keep its celebrity endorsers but it lost one of its star candidates for a congressional seat in Leyte.
Actor Richard Gomez, who was sworn in as LP member in November last year, was disqualified by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from running in the fourth district of the province for lack of residency.
Gomez became the latest LP member to suffer defeat in the hands of the Comelec. Earlier, the poll body nullified the 2007 election victories of three governors who are LP members—Grace Padaca of Isabela, Eddie Panlilio of Pampanga and Joselito Mendoza of Bulacan...........
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