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MANILA, Philippines — An election lawyer has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to include on the official ballots for the 2025 elections the names of disqualified candidates whose appeals are pending before the Supreme Court (SC). In a statement on Sunday, lawyer Romulo Macalintal said that removing these names from the ballots could […]
Comelec Chair George Erwin Garcia —Inquirer/Niño Jesus Orbeta MANILA, Philippines — The First and Second Divisions of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) have disqualified 117 senatorial aspirants for being nuisance candidates based on the recommendation of the poll body’s law department. “They were declared as nuisance [candidates] or [those without a] serious intent to run […]