Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez is unfazed by the two disqualification cases filed against her recently.

In an interview, the TV-host, who won a seat in the 15th Congress as a last-minute substitute for her disqualified actor-husband, Richard Gomez, said, she “respects” the move to oust her from representing Leyte’s 4th district.

Not that she finds herself culpable of any wrongdoing.

According to Torres-Gomez, she is simply acquiescing to the process; inherent as it is to a “democracy.”

Though there are two cases filed against her—case number 10009 filed by Eufrocino C. Codilla, Jr. and 10031, filed by Silverio Tagolino—Torres-Gomez only addressed one of the dissenters in a statement to the media.

“It is his [Codilla] right to file a protest. I do know for a fact that I won cleanly and clearly over him by a very wide margin,” said she via "24 Oras," July 15.

Codilla belongs to an influential Leyte political clan. He ran for the seat vacated by his father, Eufrocino Codilla Sr., but was crushed by Torres-Gomez.

Tagolino also ran and lost against Torres-Gomez in the recent elections.

Torres-Gomez is only 1 of 56 members of the 15th Congress who are facing electoral protests before the House of Representatives Electoral Tirbunal (HRET).

Predictably, most of the cases were filed by losing candidates not to eager to accept the victory notched by their rivals for one reason or another.

Pundits expect the number of electoral protests to increase once the remaining party-list representatives are named and allowed to take office.

The law gives defeated candidates10 days from proclamation day to file electoral protests against their winning rivals.

Upon filing, candidates have to file a P10,000 filing fee and a minimum cash deposit of P150,000 to defray costs of recalling ballot boxes.

Petitioners have 10 days to pay the deposit in full; otherwise the case is automatically dismissed, which has happened to some 6 cases already.