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MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it will release on Saturday, January 26, the list of senatorial candidates to be included in the ballot for the May 13 midterm polls.
“You have 77 potential senatorial candidates,” said Comelec Spokesman James Jimenez on Friday, January 25.
Jimenez said however that 14 bets might be dropped from this list of 77 because of cases affecting their candidacies.
He said that for now, the Comelec has to include the 14 candidates because the Comelec’s information technology department needs to receive the list by 5 pm on Friday, so that they can load the data in the Election Management System (EMS).
The EMS “needs about a week to process the information,” Jimenez said, which is why the ITD needs the list of candidates despite pending cases.
Candidates with pending cases, which might prevent them from running, include the following:
- Senator Aquilino Pimentel III, who is accused of seeking a prohibited third term as senator
- Sergio Osmeña, former senator, whom the Comelec wanted “perpetually disqualified” for failing to disclose his campaign expenses in previous elections
- Rizalito David, pro-life advocate, who was earlier classified as a nuisance candidate
- Conrado “Ding” Generoso, former spokesman of President Rodrigo Duterte’s constitution drafting committee, who was earlier classified as a nuisance candidate
- Jude Josue Sabio, the lawyer who filed a complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court, who was earlier classified as a nuisance candidate
In the 2016 elections, the Comelec included 50 individuals in its certified list of senatorial candidates. – Rappler.com
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