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Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez said lawmakers should just propose restrictions instead of removing the substitution rule from the Omnibus Election Law. In a television interview last Tuesday, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said he is against the proposal of some lawmakers to scrap the substitution. He stressed the position…

Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones reminded teachers on Thursday that they should remain apolitical at all times and that lending their support for a political candidate is prohibited. “No. It is forbidden,” Briones emphatically said in an interview when asked if teachers can endorse or support the political candidates of…

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) stressed Tuesday night, Oct. 19, that it will not hesitate to file charges against political aspirants in the 2022 national and local elections found providing any form of assistance to rebel groups specifically the Communist Party of the Ph

Presidential aspirant Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday said he agrees to proposals that seek to amend the substitution rule under the country’s electoral law. Dela Rosa, who earlier said he is willing to give way to Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, should she decide to run for

'Yes, totoo 'yan, 'di ako nag-prepare. Pero 'yang intention, debatable 'yan,' says presidential bet Bato dela Rosa

Senate President Vicente Sotto III last week declared there is a need to review the provision on substitution in the Omnibus Election Code, saying that it has been abused. “The problem in the law is the third option, which is when a candidate withdraws. That is what is being abused.…

Candidates who pay ‘permit to campaign’ fees to CPP-NPA to be disqualified

THE Supreme Court has upheld the election of Rovelyn Villamor as mayor of Lagangilang, Abra after establishing that she was able to reacquire her Filipino citizenship prior to her candidacy in 2019. In a vote of 11-2, the Court granted the petition of Villamor assailing the two resolutions dated April…

Supreme Court The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should resolve all election cases and other election incidents “with deliberate haste,” the Supreme Court (SC) said. “By their very nature and given the public interest involved, election cases must be resolved speedily, otherwise the wi

Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that substitution of candidates should not be banned but instead lawmakers must come up with certain limitations in the said policy. "What needs to happen is that Congress should introduce restrictions of some sort, on the exercise of the statu