Former party-list lawmaker Walden Bello filed a petition on Monday urging the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to decide if Sarangani Representative Manny Pacquiao’s boxing match in April will violate election rules. Bello – who, like Pacquiao, is running for senator – said his plea on Monday is “not a disqualification petition.” Bello explained that he simply wants the Comelec “to make a decision” on whether Pacquiao’s match with Timothy Bradley, scheduled on April 9, violates the poll body’s limits on candidates’ publicity. Comelec Chairman Andress Bautista said Pacquiao’s promotion of his April fight with Bradley in Las Vegas was a “grey area,” given the cap on radio and television airtime for candidates during the 90-day campaign period that started this month.
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