Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., a senior citizen, has urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reverse its ruling disqualifying the Senior Citizens party-list from the 2013 polls.

The Senior Citizens party-list, an incumbent House member, was one of top 14 vote-getters in the 2013 elections with at least 550,000 votes, but the group was not proclaimed by the Comelec because of its disqualification. With 550,000 votes, the Senior Citizens would have retained its two House seats.

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