These aspirants are now considered candidates, but they are not allowed to woo voters until the campaign period starts on October 19
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections said a total of 1,414,487 million people submitted their certificates of candidacy during the weeklong filing ahead of the 2023 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30.
“This is definitely higher [than in 2018],” Comelec spokesman Rex Laudiangco said on Tuesday, September 5, when asked how the number compared to the COC filing for BSKE five years ago.731,682 COCs for Sangguniang Barangay memberA total of 672,432 seats are up for grabs in October, including:42,027 seats for Sangguniang Kabataan chairpersonwas smooth-sailing in many parts of the country, but there had been hiccups in some areas., resulting in an extension of at least one day.
The filers are now considered candidates, but they can only woo voters during the campaign period from October 19 to 28.The long-delayed village-based elections were supposed to be held originally in May 2020 until two laws separately signed by then-president Rodrigo Duterte and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. pushed the schedule to its current date of October 30.
The repeated delays frustrated advocates for clean elections, who said the deferment deprived the electorate of their right to regularly change their leaders.
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