Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez denied on Friday the poll body granted Gov. Emilio Ramon Ejercito of Laguna a reprieve in connection with the local official’s disqualification case pending before it.

Jimenez said the Comeleccould not have granted Ejercito a reprieve because the poll body has not issued any “suspension order” for alleged campaign over-spending against the Laguna governor.

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