Comelec urged to solve rift in Senior Citizens party

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday was urged to solve a long-running squabble in the leadership of the Coalition of Associations of Senior Citizens Inc. or Senior Citizens party-list whose nominees could not sit in Congress despite winning two seats in the May 2016 elections.

“Last May, being already a senior citizen myself, I decided to vote for the Senior Citizens party-list. I was told that there was some infighting among the members of the Senior Citizens [group]. To my utter dismay, it seems that this is not the first time that this group has had issues that they have not been able to resolve,” Cecile Lopez told reporters in a forum held at Cherry Blossoms Hotel in Ermita, Manila.