SC Ends Oral Arguments on Poe Case

After more than five hours, the Supreme Court (SC) terminated the fifth day of the oral arguments on the case of Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares, which was also the last day of the hearing of the case on Tuesday.

The oral arguments ended at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

SC Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P. Aranal Sereno reminded all the parties involved in the case to submit their respective memorandum within a period of five days from Tuesday.

After which, Sereno said, the case will be declared as already “submitted for resolution”.

The case involves the two petitions of Poe assailing the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc cancelling her certificate of candidacy (COC) for president in the May 9, 2016 elections over questions on her citizenship and residency. (PNA) RMA/PTR