COMELEC Declares Mar Roxas “Nuisance Candidate”, Withdraws from Race

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) made the right decision to include Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer namesake Manuel Antonio “Mar” Roxas in the lists of nuisance candidates.

Roxas accepted the decision and withdrew his candidacy yesterday.

Manuel Antonio “Mar” Roxas, 67, retired policeman, admitted that he decided to join the presidential race just to raise public awareness on the plight of his son, who has been detained on rape charges for almost 20 years already.

“I only wanted the case of my son to be heard. He has been in jail for almost 20 years now,” said Roxas, who was visibly relieved from the burden of joining the presidential race.

Roxas’ wife Erlinda, who accompanied him to the Comelec yesterday, confirmed the staff of the LP presidential bet visited them to urge the namesake to withdraw.

“I have no problem in withdrawing. I don’t have a lawyer. So I don’t want to face any charges. I don’t want any trouble,” said the former policeman.

Roxas is among the 125 presidential aspirants initially declared nuisance candidates by the Comelec. They were given until November 10 to appeal their removal from the list official candidates for the 2016 national elections

The 2016 presidential election recorded the most Certificates of Candidacy (COC) filed by aspiring presidents with 130. Only 4 to 5 candidates will be considered eligible on the Election Day.

/Mark Campos/

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