Manila, June 24 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) First Division has instructed the poll body's Law Department to investigate defeated Taguig congressional candidate Lino Edgardo Cayetano for possible violation of the Omnibus Election Code (OEC).

In a resolution promulgated June 18, 2025 but released to the media on Tuesday, the division declared the petition to cancel Cayetano's certificate of candidacy (COC) "moot and academic" due to his election loss.

However, it noted that this does not extinguish the criminal liability stemming from the alleged false representations he made in his COC.

"The criminal aspect of the case must be referred to the Law Department for preliminary investigation," the resolution stated.

"This is in...