Manila, May 23 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division has dismissed the petition to disqualify two nominees of Bagong Henerasyon (BH) party list due to a technicality.

In a three-page promulgation on Thursday, the division said it found that the petitioner, lawyer Russel Stanley Geronimo, failed to submit pertinent documents to support his petition against First Nominee Robert Gerard Lopez Nazal Jr. and Fifth Nominee Maria Editha Tan Alcantara.

"In view of the foregoing, the Commission (First Division) hereby resolves to dismiss the instant Petition," the First Division said in its decision.

Among the important documents the petitioner failed to submit was a copy of the Certificate of Nomination-Certificate of Acceptan...