Comelec gets hold of Sia show cause order reply over single moms joke

Comelec Chairman Atty. George Erwin Garcia. | Photo screengrabbed from Comelec.

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday received an answer from Pasig congressional bet Atty. Christian Sia after he was ordered to explain his sexual jokes on single mothers during a campaign sortie.

Comelec Task Force Safe last Friday issued a show cause order against Sia over his joke that single “menstruating” mothers can sleep with him.

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Sia was ordered to write “within a non-extendible period of three days” from the receipt to explain why he should not be disqualified for the 2025 elections or be liable for an election offense.

“Candidate Sia submitted his answer at around 3:30 this afternoon before the Office of the Election Officer of Pasig City,” Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said in a Viber group chat.

Election offense case

Further, Garcia told INQUIRER.net that “the task force will now make an assessment whether to file or not to file” a disqualification or election offense case over the controversial local candidate.

Meanwhile, no details on Sia’s answer to the show cause order have been made available as of this writing.

Garcia in an ambush interview said that the poll body can act motu proprio on Sia’s case, which means that it does not have to wait for other petitions to be filed against him before it starts investigating the matter.

While Sia apologized for his remarks on single mothers, Garcia previously said that his apology is not enough and will not lessen the weight of his actions.

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The Task Force Safe on Tuesday ordered Sia anew to explain his remarks about his female assistant’s physical appearance. The letter to Sia said his words may constitute possible violation of Comelec Resolution No. 11116 or the Anti-Discrimination and Fair Campaigning Guidelines for th 2025 elections.

The poll body on the same day released Comelec Resolution No. 11127, a supplemental resolution, declaring that all election-related events and venues must be considered as “safe spaces.”

Garcia said that the use of foul language is now considered as an election offense.