MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) moved to make public election-related documents required from candidates for added transparency, starting in the upcoming 2025 national and local polls.
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections moved to make public election-related documents required from candidates for added transparency, starting in the upcoming 2025 national and local polls. Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia on Thursday identified the required documents as the certificate of candidacy , statement of contribution and expenditures and the certificate of nomination and acceptance .
Garcia recommended that the Law Department and the Information Technology Department prepare the mechanism and/or platform to be used, draft the guidelines and suggest the timeline, including the deadline for publication of the SoCE.'Said guidelines should adhere to the provisions of Republic Act 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012,' he added.Except for independent candidates, the CoC should be filed along with the sworn CoNA from the aspirant's political party or coalition.
To Publicize Candidates' Documents Starting In 2025
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