▁ ▁Background ▁ ▁Cong r essional ▁election ▁Inc umb ent ▁con gress man ▁Lord ▁All an ▁Jay ▁Vel as co , ▁who ▁was ▁first ▁elected ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁election , ▁is ▁running ▁for ▁a ▁second ▁term . ▁ ▁Although ▁he ▁ran ▁under ▁the ▁Lak as – C MD ▁ticket ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁for ▁this ▁election ▁he ▁is ▁running ▁under ▁the ▁National ▁Unity ▁Party ▁( N UP ). ▁ ▁His ▁ch allen ger ▁is ▁Regin a ▁O ng s ia ko ▁Re yes , ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁inc umb ent ▁governor ▁Car men cita ▁Re yes , ▁running ▁under ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Party . ▁ ▁However , ▁Re yes ▁was ▁ordered ▁dis qual ified ▁by ▁the ▁First ▁Division ▁of ▁the ▁Commission ▁on ▁E lections ▁( Come le c ) ▁over ▁her ▁citizens hip ▁status . ▁ ▁In ▁its ▁r uling , ▁the ▁Com ele c ▁c ited ▁the ▁Cit iz ens hip ▁Ret ention ▁and ▁Re - ac quisition ▁Act ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁Re yes ▁was ▁still ▁an ▁American ▁citiz en ▁and ▁she ▁had ▁failed ▁to ▁ren ounce ▁her ▁citizens hip . ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁r uling ▁notes ▁that ▁Re yes ▁did ▁not ▁submit ▁sufficient ▁evidence ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁been ▁resident ▁in ▁Mar indu que ▁for ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁year , ▁cit ing ▁documents ▁which ▁point ▁to ▁her ▁term ▁as ▁Provin cial ▁Administr ator . ▁ ▁The ▁r uling ▁was ▁aff ir med ▁by ▁the ▁Com ele c