Retired poll commissioner Maria Rowena V. Guanzon will sit as the Komunidad ng Pamilya, Pasyente at Persons with Disabilities (P3PWD) representative after the Commission on elections (Comelec) granted and approved the new list of nominees submitted by the party-list group.
Guanzon has become the P3WP party-list group’s first nominee after five of its previous nominees had resigned, according to the Comelec.
“Upon majority vote, the Commission on Elections in its regular en banc meeting on June 15, 2022, approved the recommendation of the Law Department on the June 14, 2022 submission of Komunidad ng Pamilya, Pasyente at Persons with Disabilities (P3PWD) Party List as follows: Grant the respective Withdrawal of Nomination of: Grace S. Yeneza as Nominee No. 1; Ira Paulo A. Pozon as Nominee No. 2; Marianne Heidi C. Fullon as Nominee No. 3; Peter Jonas R. David as Nominee No. 4; and Lily Grace A Tiangco as Nominee No. 5,” Comelec Acting Spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said in a statement.
“And give due course to the new list of nominees as follows: Ma. Rowena Amelia V Guanzon as Nominee No. 1; Rosalie J. Garcia as Nominee No. 2; Cherrie B. Belmonte-Lim as Nominee No. 3; Donnabel C. Tenorio as Nominee No. 4; and Rodolfo B. Villar, Jr. as Nominee No. 5 subject to compliance of the publication requirement,” he added.
Laudiangco said Guanzon had submitted notarized certificates of acceptance to become the party-list group’s first nominee, which guaranteed a seat in the incoming 19th Philippine Congress.
He noted that the nomination will still be decided upon by the Comelec en banc.
P3PWD won a seat in the House of Representatives after receiving 391,174 votes in the May 9 national and local elections.