When an honest mistake is unacceptable

SENATOR Grace Poe and Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of Davao City both faced disqualification from the May 9 presidential race because of “honest mistakes.”

But a few days ago, a Commission on Elections (Comelec) panel allowed Duterte to pursue his bid by dismissing all four petitions for his disqualification, while Poe continues to slug it out in the Supreme Court for her joint appeals to reverse the rulings of the poll body on the four petitions to cancel her certificate of candidacy (CoC).