Philippine election body dismisses petition to bar Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jnr from presidential election

The late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ son Bongbong faces one less obstacle in his path to the May presidential election, after the election commission dismissed a petition to bar the former senator from running.The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday threw out the petition – one of multiple complaints the poll body had consolidated into seven cases – against Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s bid to replace President Rodrigo Duterte, saying that while Marcos had failed to file income tax…