Comelec personnel test the validity of the submitted certificates of candidacy, certificates of nomination and acceptance, and different election-related paperwork from the areas, on the ballot physique’s workplace in Intramuros, Manila on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (PNA picture by Yancy Lim)
MANILA – The Fee on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday mentioned it could launch the preliminary listing of candidates for subsequent yr’s midterm elections earlier than the tip of this month.
“Bago matapos October, mga round Oct. 29, ay ilalabas na ng Comelec sa aming web site ang preliminary na listahan ng mga nagfile ng COC (certificates of candidacy),” Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco mentioned on the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon public briefing.
(Earlier than the tip of October, round Oct. 29, Comelec will launch on its web site the preliminary listing of those that filed their COC.)
Nevertheless, Laudiangco mentioned this doesn’t essentially imply that every one candidates can be allowed to run within the polls.
“Tandaan natin, nitong October namin matatanggap ang iba ibang uri ng kaso (Allow us to keep in mind, this October, we count on every kind of circumstances), petition to cancel or deny due course sa (for) COC, disqualification or perpetual disqualification, at (and) petition to declare as nuisance candidates,” he mentioned.
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Laudiangco, in the meantime, assured that these COCs would bear tight scrutiny.
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Primarily based on the info offered by Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia, the preliminary areas within the nation which have forwarded the exhausting and gentle copies of COCs and different election paperwork had been the provinces of Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Baguio Metropolis, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mt. Province from Cordillera Administrative Area; Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan, and La Union in Ilocos Area; and Batanes, Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela, Quirino and Cagayan in Cagayan Valley.
The ballot physique additionally acquired election paperwork from the provinces of Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, and Zambales in Central Luzon; Batangas and Cavite in Calabarzon; and the first, 2nd, and third Districts of Davao.
The paperwork are being acquired by the Comelec on the third ground of Palacio del Gobernador Bldg., Intramuros, Manila.
The ballot physique acquired greater than 43,000 COCs from these looking for to be elected as senators, party-list representatives, and for various positions in provinces, cities, and municipalities nationwide from Oct. 1 to eight. (PNA)
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