A total of 104 special action cases were filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in a bid to declare some aspirants for the 2025 national and local elections as nuisance candidates.
As of Wednesday, October 16, Comelec’s clerk office noted that all the 104 petitions were still pending.
The poll body itself also lodged 117 special action cases motu proprio to declare someone as a nuisance candidate.
Meanwhile, there were 24 special action cases filed for the cancellation of certificate of candidacy (COC) of certain aspirants, and another one case for disqualification.
All in all, Comelec said that it has so far received 246 special action cases in connection with the 2025 midterm polls.
Comelec chairman George Garcia earlier committed to resolve cases involving nuisance candidates for the upcoming elections by the end of November this year.
The period for the filing of certificates of COC was conducted from October 1 to October 8, concluding with 183 senatorial hopefuls and 156 party-lists filing their Certificates of Nomination and Acceptance (CONAs).
The Comelec has released an initial list of senatorial aspirants whose names may be included in the official ballot for next year’s elections.
The Comelec said the list was “without prejudice to the decision of the Division or En Banc in the petitions to declare as nuisance candidates filed by the Law Department.” —Giselle Ombay/KBK, GMA Integrated News
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