In May 2022, Jose” Jinggoy” Estrada won a senate seat while on trial for bribery. In January, he was cleared of the charge and resigned.
Leila de Lima, a rights advocate, spent the majority of her six-year senatorial term behind bars after being detained in 2017 on drug costs. She was cleared this month.
Individuals are only legally barred from running for the republic elections if they have exhausted all appeals after being found guilty of crimes involving “moral turpitude,” as defined by the electoral script, which does not list certain crimes.
In 2021, Quiboloy was accused of sex trafficking in women and women who claimed to be on their “night duty” and who were then reportedly required to have sex with him.
He is even wanted by US authorities for a system that brought church members to the US through fraudulent visa applications. He is also wanted for smuggling in large amounts of money.
According to the FBI, they were therefore forced to demand donations for a fictitious generosity, where they raised money to pay for chapel operations and the wealthy lifestyle of its leaders.
In addition to more than 18, 000 administrative positions in the local, state, and federal government, 12 of the 24 congress votes are up for grabs in the midterm elections for the year.