The people must be wondering: Why does the Comelec remain mum amid the mounting protests warring political rivals are heaping on each other this past election? Perhaps it is high time we nudge the honorable Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista awake. Maybe he has slept long enough and needs to look into these matters—and more importantly act on them—with more urgency. Naturally the most pressing case on his table is the dispute over the second highest position in the land between Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos.

Another matter that got the cold shoulder of the Comelec is the appeal of former MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino against former Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. The two both ran for senator in May 2016 and the latter won. The poll commission appears mum, if not defiantly immobile, on this. What we must remember is that swift resolution is expected not just by the contesting parties but by the nation at large.

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