THE House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on third and final reading a bill prohibiting the substitution of candidates who withdrew from the electoral race.
A total of 195 lawmakers voted in favor of House Bill 10524, which seeks to amend Section 77 of the Omnibus Election Code by removing withdrawal as a ground for the substitution of candidates to prevent the mockery of the electoral system.No lawmaker voted in the negative or abstained from voting.The bill seeks to strengthen the electoral system by including permanent incapacity as an additional ground for the substitution of candidates.
'We need to include permanent incapacity as an additional ground for substitution of candidates to ensure that only those who are put in front of the public during the campaign period will be the ones to serve the people should they be elected,' Speaker Martin Romualdez said.Aside from withdrawal, the Omnibus Election Code allows the substitution of candidates due to disqualification or death.
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