Comelec personnel check the validity of the submitted certificates of candidacy, certificates of nomination and acceptance, and other election-related documents from the regions, at the poll body’s office in Intramuros, Manila on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (PNA photo by Yancy Lim)
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday said it would release the initial list of candidates for next year’s midterm elections before the end of this month.
“Bago matapos October, mga around Oct. 29, ay ilalabas na ng Comelec sa aming website ang initial na listahan ng mga nagfile ng COC (certificate of candidacy),” Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said at the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon public briefing.
(Before the end of October, around Oct. 29, Comelec will release on its website the initial list of those who filed their COC.)
However, Laudiangco said this does not necessarily mean that all candidates would be allowed to run in the polls.
“Tandaan natin, nitong October namin matatanggap ang iba ibang uri ng kaso (Let us remember, this October, we expect all kinds of cases), petition to cancel or deny due course sa (for) COC, disqualification or perpetual disqualification, at (and) petition to declare as nuisance candidates,” he said.
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Laudiangco, meanwhile, assured that these COCs would undergo tight scrutiny.
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Based on the data provided by Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia, the initial areas in the country that have forwarded the hard and soft copies of COCs and other election documents were the provinces of Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Baguio City, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mt. Province from Cordillera Administrative Region; Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan, and La Union in Ilocos Region; and Batanes, Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela, Quirino and Cagayan in Cagayan Valley.
The poll body also received election documents from the provinces of Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, and Zambales in Central Luzon; Batangas and Cavite in Calabarzon; and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Districts of Davao.
The documents are being received by the Comelec on the third floor of Palacio del Gobernador Bldg., Intramuros, Manila.
The poll body received more than 43,000 COCs from those seeking to be elected as senators, party-list representatives, and for different positions in provinces, cities, and municipalities nationwide from Oct. 1 to 8. (PNA)
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