00:00The Commission on Elections is also postponing the printing of ballots for the 2025 elections.
00:07This is in accordance with the temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court
00:12for the five candidates who were disqualified and declared nuisances.
00:16Luisa Erispe has the details.
00:21The Commission on Elections will temporarily suspend the printing of ballots
00:26for the 2025 national and local elections.
00:29This is after the Supreme Court issued an order
00:32to add the names of the five candidates in the ballot
00:36who were disqualified and declared nuisances.
00:41The Temporary Restraining Order was also issued,
00:44a high sentence against the decision of Comelec.
01:00Of the five names, one of them runs as a senator
01:05and the other four are for the local position.
01:08Among the five names is former Congressman Edgar Erice
01:12as the representative of the 2nd District of Caloocan City.
01:16Erice was questioning Comelec's contract
01:19with the country's automated counting machines provider for the elections.
01:24Comelec promised that they will find a way to include these names in the ballots.
01:29But since the printing of ballots will be suspended,
01:32there will be a slight delay in preparing for the elections.
01:35Comelec said that they will study
01:38if the database of the ballot candidates will need to be changed.
01:43New ballot phases will also be issued
01:45and the printing of millions of ballots will be repeated
01:49which was started on January 6.
01:52Because the printing of ballots is also suspended,
01:55it will be affected and the mock elections scheduled for January 18 will not continue.
02:02Comelec clarified that the public should not panic.
02:06They can fix it because they assure that they will solve it
02:11and it will not be affected on the day of the election.
02:15Luisa Erice Be for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
