Poe remains undaunted, says SC is next battleground

Senator Grace Poe remained undaunted amid the Commission on Elections en banc's decision to disqualify her from the 2016 presidential elections, saying the next battleground is the Supreme Court.

"I was not surprised with decision of the Comelec en banc. It was expected and I remain undaunted by it. I am a Filipino and qualified to offer myself as President of our country," Poe said in a press statement issued Wednesday.

She added: "The Comelec cannot change that fact, much less deprive the Filipino people their right to choose the country's next leader. We will follow the process and the next and final battleground is in the Supreme Court." 

Poe said she is hopeful and  confident that the magistrates, based on jurisprudence and precedents, will be objective and fair in their discernment of her case.

"In the end, (the SC magistrates) will let the Filipino people decide who our next president will be," she said.

"Until the high tribunal’s final ruling is out, I remain a candidate for President of the Filipino people," she added.

On Tuesday, a highly reliable source said the Comelec en banc has upheld the earlier decisions of its First and Second Divisions cancelling the certificate of candidacy of Poe. — RSJ, GMA News