Manila, April 10 -- The Supreme Court (SC) upheld the ruling of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) disqualifying a candidate in the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) for violating provisions of the SK Reform Law's "anti-dynasty" clause.

The SC en banc denied the petition filed by Merson Calubag, which challenged the poll body's resolutions canceling his certificate of candidacy (COC) for SK chairperson of Barangay Magtangale, San Francisco, Surigao del Norte during the last BSKE, according to a statement issued by the SC Public Information Office on Friday.

The poll body said Calubag falsely stated a material fact in his COC when he declared that he was not related within the second civil degree of consanguinity...