THE Commission on Elections' (Comelec) First Division, under Commissioner Maria Rowena Guanzon, has canceled the certificate of candidacy (CoC) of Datu Ali Pax Mangudadatu for governor of Sultan Kudarat.

The petition for lack of residency against Mangudadatu, the incumbent mayor of Datu Abdullah Sangki town in the province of Maguindanao, was filed by another gubernatorial candidate, Sharifa Akeel-Mangudadatu, and upheld by the Comelec on January 18.

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