CLAIM: Marcy Teodoro has been disqualified from the 2025 elections and votes for him will be considered “stray votes.”
RATING: FALSE
A Facebook post falsely claimed that Marikina City Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro has been disqualified from the 2025 elections.
The post included two screenshots of news articles from two tabloid newspapers falsely reporting that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) had revoked Teodoro’s candidacy for representative of Marikina’s first district and all votes in his favor would be considered as stray votes.
While the Comelec has cancelled the certificate of candidacy of Teodoro, as of writing, there is no final decision from the Comelec En Banc to disqualify Teodoro. The Comelec said his name would still appear in the ballot.
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