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117 of 183 Senatoriable, declared nuisance bets
By J.Lo
“As of today, all 117 petitions have been resolved by two divisions and granted to declare nuisance and cancel certificate of candidacy,” Commission on Elections (Comelec), Chairman George Garcia said Comelec will exert extra effort to resolve pending motions for reconsideration by next week.
Comelec has declared total of 117 senatorial aspirants nuisance, possibly barring them from running in May 2025 midterm elections.
Of 117 declared nuisance candidates, Garcia said six have filed motions for reconsideration (MRs) before the commission.
If Commission junks their motions, six aspirants may turn to Supreme Court, according to poll chief.
Garcia said Comelec will now start deliberating on cases against “nuisance” local aspirants and come up with decisions by end of November.
Total of 183 aspirants filed their Certificates of Candidacy for senator but Comelec only approved 66 and filed petition to declare 117 as nuisance bets.
For Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections (BPE) 2025, Garcia said Comelec has not received any petition to declare any of the aspirants as nuisance, before Nov. 14 deadline for filing of such petition.
Meanwhile, Garcia also said poll body would remain on guard against fake news and disinformation even if it has eased its requirement for registration of social media accounts and web pages.
Garcia said they will not hesitate to file criminal charges against individuals found spreading misinformation and disinformation during campaign.
“We will not mind content or topics politicians might release because there’s freedom of speech guaranteed under the Constitution…but if they churn out lies, then that’s where Comelec steps in,” Garcia said.
He said Omnibus Election Code prohibits spreading of lies, and Comelec may request social media platforms to have offensive posts removed.
“In social media, we might wrongly perceive some posts as real news even if they really are lies…so we really need help on this,” he maintained.
Garcia noted that Comelec issued guidelines for use of social media during campaign period to prevent misinformation, disinformation and fake news.
Under guidelines, candidates and political parties are required to register all their social media accounts with Comelec.
Poll body amended guidelines and removed requirement for private individuals to register their social media accounts, webpages, vlogs and other similar platforms as part of poll body’s efforts to regulate online campaigning for May 2025 national and local polls.
“Based on our regulation, only candidates, political parties, party-list nominees or party-list organizations are required to register their social media accounts…let me say this again: private individuals are not covered,” he said, noting that some candidates have begun registering their social media accounts.
There will be no extension of Dec. 13 deadline for registration of social media accounts.
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