MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is releasing the initial list of candidates for next year’s midterm elections before the end of the month.
According to Comelec Commissioner John Rex Laudiangco, the poll body will release on its website the initial list of those who filed their COC at around October 29.
“Bago matapos ang October, mga around Oct. 29, ay ilalabas na ng Comelec sa aming website ang initial na listahan ng mga nag-file ng COC (certificate of candidacy),” Laudiangco said at the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon public briefing.
Laudiangco, however, clarified that the list that they will release by late October is not yet the official list of candidates that will run in the 2025 midterm elections.
“Tandaan natin, nitong October namin matatanggap ang iba ibang uri ng kaso, petition to cancel or deny due course sa COC, disqualification or perpetual disqualification, at petition to declare as nuisance candidates,” Laudiangco said.
Based on the data provided by Comelec, 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; Batanes, Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela, Quirino and Cagayan in Cagayan Valley.
The poll body also received election documents from the province 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 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./PN
