00:00Comelec will again cancel the printing of balotas due to the withdrawal of a senatorial aspirant
00:06even though he is included in the additional names of the Supreme Court.
00:10Comelec is now calling on those who want to withdraw.
00:12Do it now while it is not printing yet.
00:15Sandra Aguinaldo is on the line.
00:20So Chairman, I formally give you my withdrawal of my candidate.
00:27This is it?
00:28This is it.
00:29I signed it.
00:31Vlogger Francis Leo Marcos arrived in Comelec this afternoon
00:34to formally withdraw from running as a senator.
00:37This is despite the fact that he received a temporary restraining order
00:41or TRO from the Supreme Court
00:43after he was declared a nuisance candidate.
00:47According to Marcos, Norman Mangusin is his real name.
00:51He doesn't want to be a hindrance in the printing of Comelec's new balota.
00:56He also doesn't want to be a hindrance in the candidature of Senator Aimee Marcos,
01:01especially since they are two Marcos who will be included in the balota.
01:04But he said that no one is talking to him to withdraw.
01:08If I am the only one who will be a hindrance in the printing of the new 100 million from the government,
01:12then I will just wait. There are still a lot of elections.
01:15However, even though Mangusin withdrew,
01:18a new balota of Comelec still needs to be printed.
01:22There is another senatorial aspirant and a local aspirant who also received a TRO from the Supreme Court.
01:28Six million balotas will not be used because their names are not there.
01:33So tomorrow, Comelec will print a new balota with their names.
01:39But that will not continue because Comelec needs two to three days
01:44to remove the name of the one who withdrew as a vlogger.
01:48As for the withdrawal, we will ask for two to three days
01:52because we will change the database of Comelec.
01:57At the same time, we will serialize the balotas.
02:00At the same time, we will change the balot phases.
02:03But at least, the printing of balotas has not started yet.
02:06Comelec plans to print a new balota on Monday.
02:10That's why Garcia called...
02:12We are calling all other candidates who want to withdraw.
02:16Those who want to withdraw, do it now while we are not printing balotas,
02:23while there is still time.
02:24Until tomorrow, before Tuesday, I hope those who want to withdraw can withdraw.
02:30For GMA Integrated News, Sandra Aguinaldo, for Tutok, 24 hours.
02:46Transcription by ESO, translation by —
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