ICYMI: Five senators have filed a bill seeking to ban the option to substitute an electoral aspirant who voluntarily withdraws candidacy. They say this practice has been abused over the years and is a 'mockery' of the electoral process.
“This unfortunate practice of just fielding anyone to be a party’s candidate for the sake of complying with the Comelec deadline is observed by some as a mockery of the process of filing certificates of candidacies,” they said in the bill’s explanatory note.
The senators said their proposal limiting the grounds for substitution seeks to further “support the strengthening and institutionalization of the political party system in the Philippines and to level off the playing field among candidates.” This, since “substitution by withdrawal is only allowed when the candidate is a member of a political party. “In the Philippine electoral system, political aspirants can still run for their desired position even outside the set dates for the filing of certificates of candidacy .They can substitute a candidate who has filed his or her COC but it is subject to certain conditions.
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