Tag: Elly Pamatong

Palace welcomes SC dismissal of Pamatong petition seeking Duterte’s ouster

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Feb. 13, welcomed the Supreme Court’s dismissal of Elly Pamatong’s petition that seeks to oust Rodrigo Duterte as president. “We have treated such petition at the outset as without basis in fact and in law. The Supreme Court has validated our view on the matter,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. According to Panelo, Pamatong’s “allegation that he assumed the presidency last June 30, 2016 is nothing but fantasy.” “Neither can […]

SC junks Pamatong petition that seeks to oust Duterte as President

(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has junked the petition filed by Elly Pamatong that seeks to oust  Rodrigo Duterte as President. In dismissing Pamatong’s quo warranto petition, the SC en banc, in a seven-page minute resolution, said Pamatong’s “cause of action already prescribed” on June 30, 2017, one year after Duterte was inaugurated as the 16th President. Pamatong filed the petition on June 6, 2018 or “only a few days short of two years since Duterte’s inauguration,” the […]

SC orders Duterte to comment on Elly Pamatong’s quo warranto plea vs him

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has ordered President Rodrigo Duterte to comment on the quo warranto petition filed against him by former nuisance presidential candidate Elly Pamatong. The High Court gave the President 10 days to do the same. In filing the 6-page petition for quo warranto, Pamatong, who also ran for president at least two times and was tagged a nuisance candidate in 2016,  referred to what he said were Duterte’s public admissions […]

Disqualified presidential bet Elly Pamatong files quo warranto petition vs Duterte

Urges SC to declare vacant all posts occupied by Duterte appointees By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Controversial figure Elly Pamatong on Wednesday, June 6, urged the Supreme Court to declare the election of President Rodrigo Duterte as chief executive as null, and to declare vacant the posts of his appointees. In filing the 6-page petition for quo warranto, Pamatong, who also ran for president at least two times and was tagged a nuisance candidate […]