Comelec swamped with petitions, requests after posting list of aspirants for 2025 polls

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00:00As the election draws near, more and more aspirants and political parties will be busy

00:05in recalibrating their respective strategies to ensure success.

00:10That is why this is the Early Commission on Elections, or COMELEC, is already busy attending

00:16to various petitions and requests that will affect the available choices of voters come

00:21election day.

00:22BTV's Luisa Erizpe has more.

00:27Now that the COMELEC has revealed some of the names of the aspirants for the 2025 national

00:32and local elections, the Commission on Elections is now swamped with petitions and requests.

00:38And one of these is from KOJC leader Apollo Quibuloy, who is now asking for the COMELEC

00:43to let him run for senator as an independent candidate.

00:47Based on the letters submitted by Quibuloy's camp, this to resolve the intra-party issue

00:52of the Workers and Peasants Party which first endorsed Quibuloy when he filed his COC.

01:08The party also filed a cancellation of Quibuloy's CONA last week, insisting his CONA was signed

01:13by an unauthorized representative, but Quibuloy said he will still support the party regardless

01:19of his choice to run as independent.

01:45For the Commission on Elections, there will be no effect for the aspiring senator's candidacy.

01:50Independent or not, he was already included in the list of qualified senatorial aspirants.

02:11Aside from Quibuloy, there was also a petitioner who filed for disqualification against the

02:16candidacy of former President Rodrigo Duterte, House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Governor Matthew

02:22Marcos from Manotoc, Ilocos Norte, Senator Cynthia Villar, and Vice Governor Peter Cua

02:29of Catanduanes.

02:30All of them are running for local positions.

02:33For their part, petitioners of Alianza ng Nagkakaisang Mamamayan, or ANIN, is not in

02:38favor of political dynasty.

03:02Another who submitted an appeal to COMELEC was a group of senatorial aspirants who were

03:07not included on the initial list of those qualified to run for the 2025 polls.

03:12One of them is the former lawyer and also a nominee of a party list.

03:17He believes he should not be declared nuisance candidate and COMELEC should revisit and scrutinize

03:22their qualifications.

03:44The COMELEC admits their office has been receiving several petitions and appeals.

03:48As a matter of fact, some 246 have been received by their latest count.

03:53The COMELEC assures the public to resolve the petitions before November ends.

03:58Meanwhile, the COMELEC is also preparing for the polls and campaign period.

04:02Today, they signed a partnership deal with social media technology companies such as

04:07Meta, Google, and Bytendents, which handle TikTok, Facebook, X, YouTube, and other social

04:14media sites.

04:15this to rally against the misuse of social media and the spread of fake news.

04:20From PTV, Luisa Erispe, Balitang Pambansa.

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