CLAIM: Diskuwalipikado si Richard Gomez dahil sa pagiging isang Duterte supporter.
RATING: HINDI TOTOO
Maling pinalabas ng isang Tiktok user na diskuwalipikado na umano si Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez sa muling pagkandidato nito sa halalan sa May 2025 dahil siya raw ay isang “Duterte supporter.”
Ipinahiwatig ng taong nasa video na ang disqualification case na ipinataw sa Comelec laban kay Gomez ay isang uri ng “harrasment,” at binigyang-diin ang desisyon ni Gomez na hindi lagdaan ang impeachment complaint laban kay VP Sara Duterte, pati na rin ang pagsasagawa ng isang pro-Duterte rally sa Ormoc City.
Noong ika-17 ng Marso 2025, naghain ng petition for disqualification si Mayor Ramon Oñate laban kay Gomez, hindi dahil siya ay isang tagasuporta ni Duterte gaya ng sinasabi sa video, kundi dahil umano sa pagpapakalat nito ng “malicious content” sa kanyang opisyal na Facebook page, Richard “GOMA” Gomez.
Ayon sa isang press release mula kay Atty. Emil Marañon III, legal counsel ni Oñate, nilabag umano ni Gomez ang Section 261(z)(11) ng Omnibus Election Code dahil sa pagbabahagi ng isang video kung saan sinasabi na ang host ay nagpalaganap ng “electoral fake news.”
Ipinost ni Gomez ang naturang video na may caption na, “Palompon is poised to do grave and massive election cheating this coming May.”
Walang inilalabas na resolusyon ang Comelec kaugnay ng nasabing petisyon.
Umani na ang Tiktok video ng 200,000 views at 1,040 comments. Regner Atutubo
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