Commission on Elections. INQUIRER FILES
MANILA, Philippines — Marcos government-backed aspirants and supporters of the Duterte administration filed their certificates of candidacy (COCs) for the 2025 polls on Sunday, the sixth day of COC filing.
Singer and lawyer Jimmy Bondoc, a supporter of former president Rodrigo Duterte, was the first to file COC for senator. He was accompanied by Senator Robin Padilla.
Another Tulfo is joining the senatorial race. ACT-CIS party-list Representative Erwin Tulfo filed his COC a day after his brother Ben filed his. They are siblings of Senator Raffy Tulfo.
“Do [they] want one Tulfo, two Tulfos, three Tulfos? Do we want one Duterte, two Dutertes, three Dutertes? One Marcos, two Marcoses, three Marcoses? So, we let the people decide,” Erwin said.
Senator Pia Cayetano is seeking reelection. If she wins, she will be joining her brother Senator Alan Peter Cayetano again in the upper chamber.
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Erwin and Pia are part of the Marcos administration’s slate.
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Here are the other senatorial aspirants who filed their COCs on Sunday:
- Guigayuma, Junbert Malinis
- Amad, Wilson Caritero
- Lagare, Sixto Baflor
- Arellano, Ernesto Rillera
- Escobar, John Rafael Campang
In the party-list race, ACT Teachers is seeking reelection. Their first nominee, former representative Antonio Tinio, said they would be pushing for a salary increase for teachers.
Meanwhile, former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon is the first nominee of P3PWD party-list.
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Lorraine Badoy, former spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict and a known Duterte supporter, is also trying her luck in the House of Representatives as the second nominee of the Epanaw Sambayanan party-list.
Badoy said the group would be advocating for the rights of Indigenous Peoples. However, according to reports, Badoy allegedly red-tagged many progressives, including the Lumad.
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Here are the other party-list groups that filed their certificates of nomination and acceptance on Sunday:
- People working for the Development of the Philippines
- Abante Pangasinan Ilokano Party-list
- TUPAD
- Unyong mga Gabay ng Bayan
- Komunidad ng Pamilya Pasyente at Person with Disabilities
- Mindanao Indigenous Peoples Conference for Peace and Development
- Edukasyon Sectoral Party-list
- Pusong Pinoy Partylist
- SSS-GSIS Pensyonado
- Rebolusyonarong Alyansang Makabansa Inc.
- Tulong Ipamahagi sa Communidad Tungo sa Kaunlaran
- Ako Padayon Pilipino Partylist
- Association for Righteousness Advocacy in Leadership Inc.
Comelec chairman George Garcia said the 6th day of COC filing was peaceful.
“Sa maghapon, hindi tayo nare-report maliban na lang sa power outage sa tatlong lugar dyan sa may bandang Northern Luzon pero walang kahit na anumang karahasan o kaguluhan sa lahat ng areas sa buong bansa kung saan ginagawa ang filing ng certificates of candidacy,” he said in a press briefing.
(Throughout the day, there was no incident reported aside from the power outage in three areas in Northern Luzon. There were no reports of violence or untoward incidents in all the areas in the country where COC filing was held.)
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The poll body said they are expecting aspirants to flock to COC filing sites on the last two days of COC filing.
