The spokesman of the Magdalo group said on Wednesday that the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) decision to junk their petition to be accredited as a regional political party for the 2010 elections was full of bias and unfair to them.

Lt. Ashley Acedillo, spokesman and secretary general of the Magdalo group, said what made the poll body's decision more difficult for them to accept is the fact that it was not based on their failure to meet the requirements set to form a party-list group.

"The Comelec's decision (dismissing their bid to become a political group) was full of bias. Wala sanang problema kung ang reason eh ang failure namin mag comply sa mga requirements set to form a partylist group," Acedillo told reporters during the Fernandina media forum held at the Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan City.

"Pinagsabihan pa kami na baka mag mis-adventure na naman daw kami. Na wala daw remorse sa mga leaders at nag-hostage pa daw kami ng civilians. Ang sa akin po, nililitis pa ang kaso namin na pre-judge na kami ng Comelec," Acedillo added.

Acedillo said they will file a petition asking the Comelec en banc to reconsider the decision made by the poll body's second division. If their request will be denied, they will go directly to the Supreme Court to challenge the poll body's decision.

"Masakit ang ginagawa ng Comelec. Nagulat nga ako na may decision na at nilabas na agad sa media hindi pa kami nabigyan ng copy ng decision," he said.

"We will file a petition asking the Comelec en banc to reconsider the decision. After Comelec, there is still the Supreme Court to go to," he added.

In a six-page resolution, the Comelec’s Second Division explained last October 27 the petition of Magdalo Para sa Pagbabago was rejected because the group has not admitted that their takeover of the Oakwood Premier (now known as Ascott) in Makati City on July 27, 2003 was wrong.

The Comelec resolution also noted that the principal founders of Magdalo remain “unrepentant" and still “harbor the propensity to engage in another illegal adventure" similar to the so-called Oakwood mutiny.

But Acedillo said that is not their intention. "Nakakita ba kayo ng violent reaction on our part after the decision was handed out, wala naman di ba?" Acedillo asked.