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By Jerome Aning
Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines–The Commission on Elections on Saturday scored the lawyer of former Maguindanao election supervisor Lintang Bedol for saying that the latter’s camp expected the poll body to uphold its earlier decision to convict Bedol for contempt.

Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said Bedol’s lawyer Andrei Tagum showed his contempt for the Comelec after he admitted that Bedol was “half-expecting” the Comelec to junk his motion for reconsideration.

“If we go by the history of the commission, I don’t think they have ever reversed their decision because that would be an admission that they erred,” Tagum was quoted as saying in media reports.

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