00:00The 8-day inauguration of the Certificate of Candidacy is a successful and peaceful event that will be considered by the Commission on Elections.
00:09Even though there are some incidents of chaos in some places.
00:14Luisa Erispe, for Seto Nong Balita, live.
00:17The 8-day inauguration of the Certificate of Candidacy was a successful event for those who ran for the local and national positions for the 2025 elections.
00:30Thousands of people participated by their COC.
00:36From October 1 to 8, the total number of those who ran for the 2025 elections is 43,033.
00:46According to the Commission on Elections, even though there are so many people who ran for the candidacy in the whole country,
00:52and there are some incidents of chaos, it is still a successful and generally peaceful one-week COC filing.
01:02One incident is not a reflection of the entire country.
01:06In a month, it is small compared to a big one.
01:19One of the incidents mentioned by the Commission on Elections is the shooting in the municipality of Sharif Aguak in Maguindanao del Sur yesterday,
01:28where some people were injured.
01:31According to the Commission on Elections, there was a chaos because the supporters thought that the COC did not accept the candidate who ran for the candidacy.
01:40But the truth is, the COC who ran for the candidacy had a warrant of arrest from the police.
01:46That is why he was arrested by the police while the COC was shooting.
01:50The Commission on Elections tried to accept his COC, but his gun was blank.
01:59The gun started to move from the private armed group of the candidates.
02:04That is why the COC told the PNP that during the election period, the private armed group of the candidates is prohibited.
02:16We know now where we will deploy the more forces of the PNP.
02:20We will also face, not only Gacid, but we will also face the forces if necessary.
02:28I am telling this to everyone, especially to the candidates with private armed groups.
02:33The public will not hesitate to use all the forces available to us, all the resources available to us, just to ensure that the voters are able to vote.
02:42There was another incident where the COC snatched the candidate who ran for the candidacy.
02:50In Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental.
02:53But the new COC was still able to accept the candidate who ran for the candidacy.
02:58Meanwhile, the COC filing is now over.
03:01It is time for COMELEC to clear the final list for the candidates.
03:07Of the candidates who ran for the candidacy, 184 are now 183, because one of them withdrew yesterday.
03:18In the party list, of the 190 candidates who ran for the candidacy, only 155 are accredited by COMELEC.
03:25COMELEC said that they will not temporarily declare a nuisance candidate as an aspirant if it is only independent.
03:34They will only discuss the documents submitted by each of the candidates.
03:42Today, our law department will start investigating the nuisance candidates.
03:48We should not easily jump to the conclusion that it is a nuisance.
03:52It is just a nuisance, not because they don't have a name, or maybe they are always running, or maybe it is their first time running.
04:00That is not an indication of being a nuisance candidate.
04:03It is really more seriousness to serve and hold public office.
04:09COMELEC will also resolve the parties that endorsed an aspirant with more than 12 candidates.
04:16COMELEC said that if the aspirant has more than 12 candidates, all of their candidates will automatically become independent.
04:24On the issue of factions in the parties, or even in the party list,
04:28COMELEC will resolve who endorsed a party or a party list.
04:33For example, in the Workers' Peasant Party, their slate was surprised to find that they included K.O.J.C. leader Pastor Apollo Quibuloy in their party.
04:45We put a provision in the authorizingatory.
04:52We are asking who will follow COMELEC if there is a conflict with the signature of KONA in one position.
05:07Angelique, the Commission on Elections said that they will try to finalize the list of candidates for the 2025 elections before November ends.
05:22Meanwhile, in two weeks, they will also try to post on their website the COCs that were nominated by the candidates in the last eight days.
05:35Angelique, due to the shooting incident in Shariff Aguac, will COMELEC put it as an election hotspot?
05:47Angelique, COMELEC has not yet put COMELEC as an election hotspot or area of concern in Shariff Aguac due to the shooting incident.
06:01The Philippine National Police also called for an isolated case.
06:06They will talk about it later.
06:08COMELEC is now on alert due to the shooting incident in the same place.
06:15The COCs will accept if they see the seriousness to serve.
06:22Will they also look at their financial capacity to launch an election campaign?
06:32Angelique, regarding the requirements, it is one of the things that they are looking at.
06:37It is like running, but it does not have to be very rich.
06:41The Commission on Elections mentioned that even the candidates who were nominated in the last days,
06:48who wore flip-flops and t-shirts, they accepted their COCs.
06:53They are not looking for financial capacity to run as senators.
07:02The most important thing is their seriousness or their dedication to serve or be a public servant for the Filipinos.
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