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The Makabayan bloc underscored the urgency of enacting a bill that would prohibit the substitution of candidates due to withdrawal as its members filed its own legislative proposal on Friday, Oct. 15. Makabayan bloc2 The six-man progressive bloc in the Lower House assailed reported plans of cert

Just because some people abuse our rules for substitutions does not justify the removal of everyone else’s prerogative to change their minds

Two bills have been filed at the House of Representatives seeking to prohibit candidate substitution and declare an incumbent elective official as resigned upon filing his or her candidacy for a government post.

A senior House of Representatives official has filed bills that will prohibit substitution of candidacy after the deadline for filing and make mandatory the resignation of an incumbent elective official who is running for another position. 2C6CC7A3-D67C-43CD-B308-23B74134B2BA Deputy Speaker and

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia New Network): In a bid to end the “mockery of the election process”, a Bill pushing to prohibit candidate substitution due to withdrawal was filed in the House of Representatives.

A leader of the House of Representatives has formally filed two bills seeking to ban candidate substitution and declaring an incumbent elective official as automatically resigned upon the filing of his certificate of candidacy (COC) for another position. In a news statement, Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro City…

Those running in the May 2022 polls better be careful in accepting campaign donations. Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said contributions from foreigners and foreign corporations are prohibited. "Foreigners cannot contribute to any Filipino candidate," Comelec Commissioner Rowe

An almost absolute ban on the substitution of candidates by political parties must be imposed to put an end on the supposed mockery of the elections, Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez said Tuesday

Can a mere declaration of aspirants of their willingness to be substituted enough ground to declare them a nuisance bet? Comelec/MB For Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesperson James Jimenez its not. "A mere declaration to the contrary, in my opinion, wouldn't be sufficient to overcome th

Department of the Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya (Screengrab from NTF-ELCAC Facebook) MANILA - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) wants to stop local chief executives and candidates from giving extortion money to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), especially with the election season nearing. During the weekly virtual press conference of the National Task Force to End Local Com...