ELECTION

CANDIDATES
Agpawa, Gillian Ellen M.
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CONTENTS Certificate of Candidacy
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CONSTITUTION
FACTS AND FIGURES

16 PRESIDENTS
from the establishment of the office on January 23,
1899, in the Malolos Republic.

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 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

VICE PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT

-Term of 6 years
-No re-election VS -Term of 6 years
-May run for re-
election once
 QUALIFICATIONS

40 YEARS OF AGE AT
NATURAL BORN
THE DAY OF THE
FILIPINO
ELECTION

MUST HAVE RESIDED IN

THE PHILIPPINES TEN
A REGISTERED VOTER
YEARS BEFORE THE
ELECTION IS HELD.
 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

HOUSE OF
SENATE
REPRESENTATIVES
a natural-born citizen of the
a natural-born citizen of the
Philippines;
Philippines;
at least twenty-five years old;
at least thirty-five years old;
is able to read and write; and
is able to read and write
except the party-list
a registered voter; and
representatives, a registered
a resident of the Philippines
voter and a resident for at
for not less than two years
least one year in the district
before election day.
where s/he shall be elected.
 SENATE
The Senate shall be composed of
twenty-four Senators who shall be
elected at large by the qualified voters
of the Philippines, as may be provided
by law

HOR
The House of Representatives shall be
composed of not more than 250 (unless
otherwise fixed by law), 20 percent of
whom must be Party-list representatives.
OMNIBUS
ELECTION CODE
 SEC. 66. CANDIDATES HOLDING
APPOINTIVE OFFICE OR POSITIONS
SEC. 67. CANDIDATES HOLDING ELECTIVE
OFFICE.

-except for President and Vice-President, shall be

considered ipso facto resigned from his office upon
the filing of his certificate of candidacy.
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
CODE
AN ELECTIVE LOCAL OFFICIAL MUST BE A

citizen of the Philippines;

a registered voter in the barangay, municipality, city, or
province or, in the case of a member of the
sangguniang panlalawigan, sangguniang panlungsod,
or sangguniang bayan, the district where he intends to
be elected
a resident therein for at least one (1) year
immediately preceding the day of the election; and
able to read and write Filipino or any other local
language or dialect.
 CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF GOVERNOR,
VICE-GOVERNOR, OR MEMBER OF THE SANGGUNIANG
PANLALAWIGAN, OR MAYOR, VICE-MAYOR OR
MEMBER OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF
HIGHLY URBANIZED CITIES MUST BE AT LEAST
TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE ON ELECTION DAY.
CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR
OR VICE-MAYOR OF
INDEPENDENT COMPONENT CITIES,
COMPONENT CITIES, OR MUNICIPALITIES
MUST BE AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE (21)
YEARS OF AGE ON ELECTION DAY.
 CANDIDATES FOR THE
POSITION OF MEMBER OF
THE SANGGUNIANG
PANLUNGSOD OR
SANGGUNIANG BAYAN
MUST BE AT LEAST
EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF
AGE ON ELECTION DAY.
 CANDIDATES FOR THE
POSITION OF PUNONG
BARANGAY OR MEMBER OF
THE SANGGUNIANG
BARANGAY MUST BE
AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18)
YEARS OF AGE ON ELECTION
DAY.
 CANDIDATES FOR THE
SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN
MUST BE AT LEAST FIFTEEN
(15) YEARS OF AGE BUT
NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-
ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE ON
ELECTION DAY.
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10742]

AN ACT ESTABLISHING
REFORMS IN THE
SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN
CREATING ENABLING
MECHANISMS FOR
MEANINGFUL YOUTH
PARTICIPATION IN 
NATION-BUILDING, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
An official of the Sangguniang Kabataan, either elective or appointee, must be :
a citizen of the Philippines;
a qualified voter of the Katipunan ng Kabataan, a resident of the barangay for not
less than (1) year immediately preceding the day of the elections,
at least (18) years but not more than (24) years of age on the day of the elections;
able to read and write Filipino, English, or the local dialect;
must not be related within the second civil degree of consanguinity or affinity to
any incumbent elected national official or to any incumbent elected regional,
provincial, city, municipal, or barangay official, in the locality where he or she
seeks to be elected; and
must not have been convicted by final judgment of any crime involving moral
turpitude.
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 ANY CANDIDATE WHO, IN AN ACTION OR
PROTEST IN WHICH HE IS A PARTY IS
DECLARED BY FINAL DECISION OF A
COMPETENT COURT GUILTY OF, OR FOUND
BY THE COMMISSION OF HAVING
OMNIBUS (a) given money or other material consideration to influence, induce or
ELECTION CODE corrupt the voters or public officials performing electoral functions;
(b) committed acts of terrorism to enhance his candidacy; (c) spent in
his election campaign an amount in excess of that allowed by this
Code;
(d) solicited, received or made any contribution prohibited under
Sections 89, 95, 96, 97 and 104; or
(e) violated any of Sections 80, 83, 85, 86 and 261, paragraphs d, e, k,
v, and cc, subparagraph 6, shall be disqualified from continuing as a
candidate, or if he has been elected, from holding the office.

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 ANY PERSON WHO IS A PERMANENT
RESIDENT OF OR AN IMMIGRANT TO A
FOREIGN COUNTRY SHALL NOT BE
OMNIBUS QUALIFIED TO RUN FOR ANY ELECTIVE
ELECTION CODE OFFICE UNDER THIS CODE, UNLESS
SAID PERSON HAS WAIVED HIS STATUS
AS PERMANENT RESIDENT OR
IMMIGRANT OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESIDENCE
REQUIREMENT PROVIDED FOR IN THE
ELECTION LAWS.

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 ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN DECLARED BY
COMPETENT AUTHORITY INSANE OR
INCOMPETENT, OR HAS BEEN SENTENCED BY
FINAL JUDGMENT FOR SUBVERSION,
INSURRECTION, REBELLION OR FOR ANY OFFENSE
FOR WHICH HE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO A
PENALTY OF MORE THAN EIGHTEEN MONTHS OR
FOR A CRIME INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE,
SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED TO BE A CANDIDATE AND
TO HOLD ANY OFFICE, UNLESS HE HAS BEEN GIVEN
PLENARY PARDON OR GRANTED AMNESTY.

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 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
The following persons are disqualified from running for any
elective local position:

(a) Those sentenced by final judgment for an offense

involving moral turpitude or for an offense punishable by one
(1) year or more of imprisonment, within two (2) years after
serving sentence;

(b) Those removed from office as a result of an

administrative case;

(c) Those convicted by final judgment for violating the oath

of allegiance to the Republic;

(d) Those with dual citizenship;

 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
The following persons are disqualified from running for any
elective local position:

(e) Fugitives from justice in criminal or non-political cases here

or abroad;

(f) Permanent residents in a foreign country or those who have

acquired the right to reside abroad and continue to avail of the
same right after the effectivity of this Code; and

(g) The insane or feeble-minded.

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 WHAT IS IT?
No person shall be eligible for any elective public office unless he files a sworn certificate of candidacy
within the period fixed herein.

A person who has filed a certificate of candidacy may, prior to the election, withdraw the same by
submitting to the office concerned a written declaration under oath.

No person shall be eligible for more than one office to be filled in the same election, and if he files his
certificate of candidacy for more than one office, he shall not be eligible for any of them. However, before
the expiration of thePresentations
period for are
the filing of certificates of candidacy, the person who was filed more than
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one certificate of candidacy may
can be used as
declare under oath the office for which he desires to be eligible and
cancel thelectures,
demonstrations, certificate of candidacy for the other office or offices.
speeches, reports, and
more.
The filing or withdrawal of a certificate of candidacy shall not affect whatever civil, criminal or administrative
liabilities which a candidate may have incurred.
 CONTENTS OF CERTIFICATE OF
CANDIDACY
Announcing his candidacy for the office stated therein and that he is eligible for said
office;
The basic details of his candidacy;
That he will support and defend the Constitution of the Philippines and will maintain true
faith and allegiance thereto;That he will obey the laws, legal orders, and decrees
promulgated by the dulyare
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That he is not a can
permanent
be used as
resident or immigrant to a foreign country;
That the obligation imposed
demonstrations, lectures,by his oath is assumed voluntarily, without mental
speeches, reports, and
reservation or purpose
more.
of evasion; and
That the facts stated in the certificate of candidacy are true to the best of his knowledge.
 CONTENTS OF CERTIFICATE OF
CANDIDACY
Unless a candidate has officially changed his name through a court approved proceeding, a certificate
shall use in a certificate of candidacy the name by which he has been baptized, or if has not been
baptized in any church or religion, the name registered in the office of the local civil registrar or any
other name allowed under the provisions of existing law or, in the case of a Muslim, his Hadji name
after performing the prescribed religious pilgrimage: Provided, That when there are two or more
candidates for an office with the same name and surname, each candidate, upon being made aware or
such fact, shall state his paternal
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use the name andcansurname
be used as
stated in his certificate of candidacy when he was elected. He may also
include one nickname or stage
demonstrations, name by which he is generally or popularly known in the locality.
lectures,
speeches, reports, and
more.
The person filing a certificate of candidacy shall also affix his latest photograph, passport size; a
statement in duplicate containing his bio-data and program of government not exceeding one hundred
words, if he so desires.
 WHEN AND HOW TO FILE?

The certificate of candidacy shall be filed on any day from the commencement of the election period
but not later than the day before the beginning of the campaign period;

In cases of postponement or failure of election under , no additional certificate of candidacy shall be

accepted except in cases of substitution of candidates.

President and Presentations

Vice-Presidentare of the Philippines shall be filed in ten legible copies with the
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COMELEC which shall order the printing of copies thereof for distribution to all polling places.
can be used as
demonstrations, lectures,
The certificatesspeeches,
of candidacy
reports,for
andthe
other offices shall be filed in duplicate with the offices, together
more.
with a number of clearly legible copies equal to twice the number of polling places in the province,
city, district, municipality or barangay, as the case may be.
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 WHO ARE THEY?
Those who filed their CoCs to put the election process in mockery or
disrepute or to cause confusion among the voters by the similarity of the
names of the registered candidates or by other circumstances or acts which
clearly demonstrate that the candidate has no bona fide intention to
run for the office for which the certificate of candidacy has been filed and
Presentations are
thus prevent a faithfultools
communication determination
that of the true will of the electorate.
can be used as
demonstrations, lectures,
speeches, reports, and
more.
JURISPRUDENCE
 POE-LLAMANZARES V.
COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS,
G.R. NOS. 221697 & 221698-
700
08 MARCH 2016

Foundlings are considered by

law as natural-born Filipino
citizens
 MAQUILING V. COMMISSION
ON ELECTIONS,
G.R. NO. 195649,
16 APRIL 2013

Dual citizens are proscribed

from seeking any public
office.
 JALOSJOS VS. COMELEC,
683 SCRA 1
09 OCTOBER 2012

A false statement in a
certificate of candidacy that a
candidate is eligible to run
for public office is a false
material representation hence a
ground for the cancellation of
such CoC.