00:00Comalec shared that it was a successful and peaceful decision to issue a Certificate of Candidacy and Certificate of Acceptance nomination
00:10for the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, or BARMM.
00:16This is what Louisa Erispe wrote.
00:21Despite the discussions on whether the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao, or BARMM,
00:28the Commission on Elections said that the COC and CONCAN were still successful in the region.
00:34In fact, up to eight regional political parties and 109 district representatives submitted their candidacies.
00:42And in the entire region, not a single case of chaos was recorded.
00:47It means that many are interested in running for the first time in the Bangsamoro parliamentary elections,
00:53even though there are rumors or rumors that the Bangsamoro parliamentary elections will not continue.
01:02But they should still file their Certificates of Candidacy.
01:06But it is possible that the real challenge for Comalec will start now.
01:10Because after the COC filing, the Commission will clean the list of candidates.
01:15Comalec said that they will start accepting petitions for the Nuisance candidates.
01:21Hopefully, there will still be no chaos in the region.
01:24When it comes to finding out who filed, who are the candidates,
01:29there will be a little tension, there will be inconsistencies.
01:34That's just natural.
01:35But I hope the candidates will show that even if they filed their candidacies,
01:39we can still talk, have a conversation, and let's remove the tension.
01:45Comalec promised that along with cleaning the list of candidates for the National and Local Elections,
01:51they will also finish the candidates in the BARM parliamentary elections before the end of November.
01:56In fact, only for the Senatorial Aspirants, 47 Comalec Nuisance candidates were declared.
02:03We will accept their petitions to declare some candidates as Nuisance candidates
02:08or petitions to cancel the candidacies.
02:12Just like what we are doing to the Senatorial Aspirants,
02:17and to the local positions.
02:19And to the local candidates,
02:20you can count on the local candidates.
02:22This week, Comalec Division will release a lot of candidates.
02:25Meanwhile, today, the former Representative Alfredo Garbin was also proclaimed as Mayor of Legazpi, Albay.
02:33This is because of the Supreme Court's decision that Garbin should be the mayor
02:38to disqualify the wife of former Governor Noel Rosal, Carmen Geraldine Rosal,
02:44during the 2022 elections due to the illegal use of the government's funds during the campaign.
02:49Garbin was Rosal's opponent at the time,
02:52and she was the one who got the second-highest number of votes from the candidates.
02:57Luisa Erispe for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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