Commissioners of the Commission on Election(Comelec) sitting in an en banc session on Tuesday upheld the rulings of the First and Second Divisions cancelling Sen. Grace Poe’s certificate of candidacy (COC) for President, a report in an online news portal said.

A GMA News report, quoting sources, said the poll body dismissed Poe’s separate appeal on the rulings made by the First and Second Divisions and upheld the verdict that the 47-year-old senator is not a natural-born citizen and also failed to meet the 10-year residency requirement.

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