Republi

cofthePhi
li
ppi
nes
COMMI SSIONONELECTIONS
Int
ramuros,
Manil
a

RULES AND REGULATI ONS ABAS,S.M.,Chairman

GOVERNI NG: 1) POLI TICAL GUANZON, M. R.A.V.
,Commi ssioner
CONVENTI ONS;2)SUBMI SSION INTI
NG, S.
B.,Commi ssioner
OF NOMI NEES OF GROUPS OR CASQUEJO, M. S.Commi
, ssioner
ORGANI ZATI ONS KHO,JR.,A.T.
, Commi ssi
oner
PARTICI PATING UNDER THE FEROLINO,A.P.,Commi ssioner
PARTY- LIST SYSTEM OF
REPRESENTATI ON; AND 3)
FI
LING OF CERTI FI
CATES OF
CANDI DACY AND NOMI NATION
OF AND ACCEPTANCE BY
OFFICIAL CANDI DATES OF
REGISTERED POLITICAL
PARTIES OR COALI TIONS OF
POLITICAL PARTI ES I
N
CONNECTI ONWI THTHEMAY9,
2022 NATI ONAL AND LOCAL Pr
omul
gat
ed:August18,
2021
ELECTIONS.
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RESOLUTI 10717
ONNO.

TheCommi ssi
ononEl ect
ions,byv i
rt
ueoft he1987Constit
uti
on,t
he
OmnibusEl ecti
onCode,Republ icActNo.7166,Republ i
cActNo.7941,
Republi
cActNo.9369,and ot herelecti
on laws,herebyRESOLVES to
promulgatet he fol
l
owing RULES AND REGULATI ONS GOVERNI NG:1)
POLITICALCONVENTI ONS;2)SUBMI SSIONOFNOMI NEESOFGROUPSOR
ORGANI ZATIONSPARTI CIPATING UNDER THEPARTY- LI
STSYSTEM OF
REPRESENTATI ON;AND3)FI LI
NGOFCERTI FI
CATESOFCANDI DACYAND
NOMI NATION OF AND ACCEPTANCE BY OFFI CI
AL CANDI DATES OF
REGISTEREDPOLI TI
CALPARTI ESORCOALI TIONSOFPOLI TI
CALPARTIES
I
N CONNECTI ON WI TH THE MAY 9,2022 NATI ONAL AND LOCAL
ELECTIONS.

POLI
TICALCONVENTI
ONS
 Page2of2

SECTION1.Hol di
ngofPolit
icalConventions.–Polit
icalpar
ties(PP)
mayholdpoli
ti
calconventi
onstonomi natetheiroff
ici
alcandidat
esf oral
l
el
ect
iveposi
ti
onsfrom September1-28,2021.

LI
STOFAUTHORI
ZEDSI
GNATORI
ESWI
THSPECI
MENSI
GNATURES

SECTI ON 2.Submi ssion ofLi stofAut hori

zed Signat ori
es and
SpecimenSi gnatur
esofPol iti
calParti
es–TheChai r
personorPr esi
dent ,
onint heirabsence,theSecr etary
-GeneralofthePPorcoal i
ti
onofpol it
ical
part
ies (Coal i
ti
on)shal lsubmi tt ot he Law Depar t
menton orbef ore
September30,2021( Thursday )
,aLi stofAut hori
zedSi gnatori
es,whi ch
shal
li ncl
udet hree(3)speci mensi gnatures,t
heirposit
ionsi nthePPand
thei
rrespectivejuri
sdicti
onorpl acesofaut hori
tytonomi nateandsi gnt he
Cert
ifi
cate of Nomi nation and Accept ance (CONA) of t heir of
fi
ci al
candidatesforelecti
veposi t
ions,inthefoll
owingmanner :

a.Digit
al/scannedcopyi nPDFf or
mat ,t
hroughel ectr
onicmail(e-
mai l
)at
l
aw. coc@comel ec.gov.
ph,usingt heoffi
ciale-mailaddressonlyoft he
PPorCoal i
ti
onasr efl
ectedintheirSwornInformationUpdateStatement
(SIUS),orinthePet i
ti
onf orRegistr
ati
on,ifnoSI UShasbeenf i
l
ed.For
thi
s pur pose,the PP orCoal i
ti
on shalllikewise submitits cont
act
numberf orver
ifi
cati
onpur poses,ifneeded,relati
vetot hesubmissi
on.
Thedat eofe-mailshallbeconsideredast hedat eoffi
li
ng.

b.On t he same day offi

li
ng through e-mai
l,t he Li
stofAut hori
zed
Signator
iesshal
lbesenti nhar dcopy ,byregister
edmai lorcour i
er
servi
cet otheLaw Depar
tment.Incaseofl ocalpol i
ti
calpart
ies,hard
copyoft heLi
stofAuthor
izedSignator
iesshallalsobefurni
shedt othe
foll
owing:

i
. Fort
hoseregi
ster
edasRegionalPol
i
ticalPar
ti
es,t
otheOf
fi
ceof
t
heRegi
onalEl
ecti
onDi
rect
or;

i
i
. Fort
hoseregi
ster
edasProvi
ncialPoli
ti
calPar
ti
es,
tot
heOf
fi
ceof
t
heProv
inci
alEl
ecti
onSuper
visor;and

i
i
i. Forthoseregi
steredasCi
ty/
Muni
cipalPar
ti
es,t
otheOf
fi
ceoft
he
Cit
y/Munici
palElect
ionOf
fi
cer

I
ncaseofv ari
ancebetweenthecopysentthr
oughe-mai
landthat
sentthroughregi
steredmailorcouri
erser
vice,t
hecopysentt
hroughe-
mailshallpr
evai
l.
 
 Page3of3

Onl
ytheLi
stofAut
hori
zedSignat
ori
essubmit
tedusi
ngtheoffi
ciale-
mailaddr
essofthePPorCoal i
ti
on,andPPandCoal i
ti
onwithcompl ete
cont
actdetai
lsintheSIUS/
Peti
tionforRegi
str
ati
onshallbegivendue
cour
se.

TheLi
stofAuthori
zedSignat
ori
essubmitt
edbypersonsothert
han
t
heChair
per
son,
Presidentort
heSecret
aryGener
alshal
lbedeemedasnot
f
il
ed.

ThePPorCoal it
ionshal lpr ovi
det heirregister
edacr onym andi ts
abbrev iat
ioni nnotmor et hansi x( 6)characters,taki
ngi nt
oaccountt he
thi
rty( 30)-characterl
imitationoft henamet oappearont heofficialball
ot
ofacandi date.Iftheregisteredacrony m exceedssi x(6)characters,thePP
orCoal iti
onshal lprov
idet heirchoiceofacr onym andi tsabbrevi
at i
oni nnot
mor et hansi x(6)character sforthepur poseoft henamet oappearont he
offi
cialbal lotofcandi dates.I ncaseoff ail
uretopr ovidet hechoi ceof
acrony m, theLawDepar tmentshal lmot upr opr
iodet er
minetheacr onym of
thePPorCoal i
tion.

Sampl
eform oftheListofAut
hor
izedSi
gnat
ori
eswi
thSpeci
men
Si
gnat
uresi
sat
tachedasAnnex“ .
A”

SECTION 3. Ef f
ect of Failur
et o Submit List of Authori
zed
Signat
orieswithSpecimenSi gnatures.- Failur
et osubmittheLi stof
Authori
zedSignator
ieswithSpecimenSi gnatur
esbyt heregi
ster
edPPor
Coali
ti
onwi t
hinthesti
pulat
edper i
odshallresul
tinthedeclar
ati
onoft hei
r
nomineesasindependentcandidates.

Thesubmi ssionoftheListofAuthor
izedSignat
ori
eswithSpeci
men
Si
gnatur
es to otherof fi
ces ofthe Commi ssi
on otherthan t
he Law
Depar
tmentshalllikewiseresul
tinthedeclarat
ionofthei
rnomineesas
i
ndependentcandidates.

CERTI
FICATEOFNOMINATIONANDCERTIFI
CATEOFACCEPTANCE
OFNOMINATIONOFPARTY-LI
STGROUPS

SECTION 4.Fi
li
ngofCer ti
fi
cateofNomi nati
onandCer ti
fi
cat
eof
Acceptance ofNominati
on ofPar ty-l
istGr
oups.– The Certi
fi
cat
e of
NominationandCert
if
icat
eofAccept anceofNominati
onofaPP,sector
al
par
ty,organi
zat
ionorCoal
iti
onshallbeunderoat
h,fi
l
edinfi
ve(5)copi
esin
 Page4of4

thefor
m prescri
bedbytheCommi ssi
onandt
obesubmi
tt
edt
otheLaw
Depart
mentwithi
ntheper
iodf
ixedherei
n.

The Cer t
if
icat
e of Acceptance of Nominat
ion shal
l be f
il
ed
si
mul
taneousl
ywiththeCer
ti
fi
cat
eofNomi nat
ion.

SECTION5.ContentsandForm oftheCerti
fi
cat
eofNominat
ion.–
TheCerti
fi
cateofNomi nat
ion ofa PP,sect
oralpart
y,or
gani
zat
ion or
Coal
i
tionshal
lcont
aint
hefoll
owing:

a.Nameoft
hePP,
sect
oral
par
ty,
organi
zat
ionorCoal
i
tion;

b.Name of t
he Chair
person/President/
Secret
ary-
Generalof t
he
nomi
nat
ingPP,
sector
alparty
, organizat
ionorCoal
iti
on;

c.NameandAddr
essofal
lthenomi
nees;

d.Acerti
fi
cati
ont hatt
henomi neeshav eal lt hequali
ficati
onsand
noneofthedisqual
if
icat
ionsprovidedbylawandt hatt heyarenot
candi
datesforanyelecti
veofficeorhavel osti
nt heirbidf oran
el
ecti
veoffi
ceintheMay13, 2019Nat i
onal andLocal Electi
ons;

e.Adocument
aryst
ampi
ntheamountofThi
rt
yPesos(
Php30.
00)
;

f
.The si gnatur
e and at t
est
ation under oath, ei
ther by the
Chairper son,Presi
dent,Secretar
y-Generalor any other dul
y
authorized of fi
cer of the nomi nati
ng PP, sector
al party,
organizat i
onorCoali
ti
on.

Onlyonedocumentar
ystampisrequir
edwhi chshallbeattachedt o
theor
igi
nalcopyoft
heCerti
fi
cat
eofNomi nat
ion.Thedocument arystamp
taxnumbershallbewritt
en on t
heothercopi esoft heCer t
ifi
cateof
Nominat
ion.I
ncaseadocumentar
ystampofP30. 00isunavai
lable,t
wo( 2)
documentar
ystampsofP15. 00shal
lbeat tachedtot heCer ti
fi
cateof
Nominat
ion.

The Secret
aryGener aland the Chairperson orPr esi
dentoft he
nomi natingPP,sectoralparty
,organizati
onorCoal i
tionshallexecut
eand
fi
le wi tht he Law Depar t
ment,along wi t
ht he l
istofnomi nees and
certi
ficatesofnomi nat i
onandaccept anceofnomi nati
on, anaf f
idavi
t
attestingthatthenomi neespossessal lt
hequal i
fi
cationsandnoneoft he
disqual i
fi
cati
onsprovi
dedbyl aw.
 Page5of5

Asampl
efor
m oft
heCer
ti
fi
cat
eofNomi
nat
ioni
sat
tachedasAnnex
“
B”.

Samplefor
m oft he Aff
idav
itoft he Secr et
ary-Gener
aland t he
Chairperson or President of the nominat
ing par t
y,sect or
al party
,
organizati
onorCoali
tion,att
esti
ngthatt
henomi nees/substi
tut
enomi nees
possessal lt
hequal
ifi
cationsandnoneofthedi squali
ficati
onsprovi
dedby
l
aw asr equi
redundert hisSecti
onandi nSect i
ons11and12her eofis
attachedasAnnex“C”

SECTION 6.Content
sandFor m ofCer t
if
icat
eofAcceptanceof
Nominati
on ofPart
y-l
istGroups.– The Cer
tif
icat
e ofAccept
ance of
Nominat
ionofaPP,sector
alparty
,or
gani
zati
onorCoal i
ti
onshal
lcont
ain
t
hefoll
owing:

a.Nameoft
henomi
nee;

b.Nameoft
hePP,
sect
oral
par
ty,
organi
zat
ionorcoal
i
tion;

c.Dat
eandpl
aceofbi
rt
hoft
henomi
nee;

d.Age;

e.Sex;

f.Ci
vi
lStat
us;
g.Pr
ofessi
onoroccupat
ion;

h.Addr
essorr
esi
dence;

i
.Cont
actnumber
;

j
.Numberofyear
sresi
dingi
nthePhi
l
ippi
nesi
mmedi
atel
ypr
ecedi
ng
t
heel
ect
ion;

k.Thatt
henomi
neei
sanat
ural
-bor
nFi
l
ipi
noci
ti
zen;

l
.Thatt henomineehasexecut
edaswor
nrenunci
ati
onoff
orei
gn
ci
ti
zenshi
p(i
fappli
cabl
e);

m.
Thatt
henomineeisnotaper
manentr
esi
dentof
,orani
mmi
grant
to,
aforei
gncount
ry;

n.Thatt
henomi
neei
sel
i
gibl
efort
heof
fi
cef
orwhi
chsai
dnomi
nee
 Page6of6

i
snomi
nat
ed;

o.Thatt
henomi neepossessesal
lthequal
i
ficat
ionsandnoneoft
he
di
squal
if
icat
ionsprov
idedbylaw;

p.Thatthenomineewil
lsuppor
tanddefendt
heConst
it
uti
onofthe
Republi
c ofthe Phi
li
ppi
nes and wi
l
lmai nt
aint
rue f
ait
h and
al
legi
ancether
eto;

q.Thatt he nomi nee wi

llobey the laws,legalor
ders,decrees,
resol
utions,rul
esandr egul
ati
onspromulgatedandissuedbythe
dulyconstit
utedauthor
iti
es;

r
.Thatt henomi
neegivesconsentt otheCommi ssi
ontocol
lect
,
di
scl
oseorshare,andprocesst hepersonaldataprovi
dedfor
el
ecti
onandot
herlawf
ulpurposesinaccordancewitht
hePri
vacy
Noti
ceandasmaybeauthor
izedbyexist
inglaws;

s.Thatthenomineeassumestheforegoi
ngobli
gat
ionsv
olunt
ari
l
y
wit
houtment
al r
eser
vati
onorpur
poseofevasi
on;

t
.Thatt hefactsstat
edint
hecerti
fi
cat
earetrueandcor
rectt
othe
bestofthenominee’
sper
sonal
knowledge;

u.Or
igi
nal
signat
ureoft
henomi
nee;

v
.Passpor
t-
sizephot
ogr
aphoft
henomi
neet
akenwi
thi
nthel
astsi
x
mont
hs;

w.Adocument
aryst
ampi
ntheamountofThi
rt
yPesos(
Php30.
00)
.

Onl
yonedocument ar
yst ampi srequi
redwhichshallbeatt
achedto
theorigi
nalcopyoft heCer t
ifi
cateofAccept anceofNomi nat
ion.The
documentarystampt axnumbershal lbewrit
tenontheothercopi
esofthe
Cert
ifi
cat
eofAccept anceofNomi nati
on.I
ncaseadocument arystampof
P30.00isunav ai
labl
e,two( 2)document arystampsofP15. 00shallbe
att
achedtheret
o.

A sampl
efor
m oft
heCer
ti
fi
cat
eofAccept
anceofNomi
nat
ioni
s
at
tachedasAnnex“D”
.

SECTION 7.PeriodandPlacef orFil

ingCer
ti
fi
cateofNomi nati
on
andCerti
fi
cateofAcceptanceofNomi nat
ionofPart
y-l
istGroups.– The
Cer
ti
fi
cateofNomi nat
ionandCerti
fi
cateofAccept
anceofNomi nat
ionof
par
ty-
li
stgroups shal
lbe fil
ed f
rom October1 to 8,2021 ( i
ncludi
ng
Sat
urday and Sunday),fr
om 8:00 AM t o 5:
00 PM,bef oret he Law
 Page7of7

Depar
tment
,copyf
urni
shedt
heOf
fi
ceoft
heCl
erkoft
heCommi
ssi
on.

The Cer t
if
icate ofNomi nati
on and Cert
if
icate ofAcceptance of
Nomi nation ofpar ty-l
i
stgroupsshal lbe f
il
ed personall
ybyei therthe
ChairpersonorPr esi
dentorint hei
rabsence,t
heSecr etaryGeneralorby
any aut horized represent
ati
ve oft he Nominati
ng PP,sect oralparty
,
organizationorCoal i
ti
on,subj
ecttoSecti
ons41and42her eof
.

Forthis purpose,ei t
hert he Chai
rper
son,PresidentorSecr etary
Generalshal
lber equir
edt opresentadulynotar
izedSecretar
y’sCer t
if
icate
oranydocument ,showi ngthef ormaldecl
arat
ionofthenomi nat
ingPP,
sect
oralparty,or ganizati
on orCoal i
ti
on oft he Authori
tyt o Filet he
Cert
if
icateofNomi nati
onandCer ti
fi
cat
eofAcceptanceofNomi nati
on.

I
ffi
ledbyanaut hor
izedr epr
esent ati
veofthenomi nati
ngPP, sectoral
party,organi
zat
ionorCoal i
tion,ther epr esent
ati
v eshal lberequi r
ed to
presentalongwiththenot ari
zedSecr et ar
y’sCerti
ficate,aSwornAut hority
to Submi tCert
if
icat
e ofNomi nati
on and Cer tif
icate ofAcceptance of
Nomi nati
on,contai
ningt heor igi
nalsi gnatureofei thertheChair person,
PresidentorSecr et
ar y Generaloft he nomi nati
ng PP,sect oralpar t
y,
organizat
ionorCoali
tion.

Thepr esenceoftheNomi neesofpar

ty-
li
stgr
oupsduri
ngthef
il
ingof
theCert
if
icateofNomi nat
ionandCerti
fi
cateofAccept
anceofNominat
ion
shal
lnotber equi
red.

Samplefor
m oft he Swor
n Author
it
yto SubmitCer
ti
fi
cate of
Nominati
onandCer
ti
fi
cat
eofAcceptanceofNominat
ioni
satt
achedas
Annex“E”.

SECTI ON 8.EffectsofAcceptanceofNomi nati

on.– Anyper son
hol
dingapubl i
cappointi
veoffi
ceorpositi
on,incl
udi
ngact i
vemember sof
the Armed For ces oft he Phil
i
ppi
nes ( AFP),and ot herof fi
cers and
employees i n gover
nment -
owned or-contr
oll
ed corporations,shallbe
consi
deredi psofactoresi
gnedfrom t
heof fi
ceandmustv acatethesame
atthest artoft heregularoffi
cehour soft hedayoft hef il
ingoft he
Cert
ifi
catesofNomi nati
onandAcceptanceofNomi nation.

Forpurposes oft
his Sect
ion,a publ
i
c of
fi
cerholdi
ng a publi
c
appoi
nti
veof
ficeorposi
ti
onshallbedeemedt oi
ncludepri
vat
eciti
zens
 Page8of8

appoi
ntedt
opubl
i
cof
fi
cesr
epr
esent
ingt
hepr
ivat
esect
or.

SECTION 9.Prepar
ati
onoft heCer t
if
iedListofNominees.– The
Certi
fi
edListofNomineesshal
lbepreparedbyt heLawDepar
tmenti
nf i
ve
(5)copi
es,notl
atert
hanOctober29,2021(Friday)
.

SECTION 10.Nomi nati

onofPar t
y-ListRepresent ati
ves.-Aper son
maybenomi natedinone( 1)listonly.Onl ypersonswhohav egivent hei
r
consentinwr it
ingmaybenamedi nthel ist.Thelistshallnotincludeany
candidateforanyel ecti
veofficeoraper sonwhohasl osthisbi dforan
elect
iveoffi
ceint heMay13, 2019Nat i
onalandLocalEl ecti
ons.Nochange
ofnamesoral terat
ionsoft heor derofnomi neesshallbeal l
owedaf terthe
sameshal lhavebeensubmi t
tedt otheCommi ssi
onex ceptincaseswher e
thenomi needies,becomesi ncapacitated,ort her
ei svalidwithdrawaland
substit
uti
onofnomi neesaspr ov i
dedint hesucceedi ngsect i
ons,inwhi ch
case,thenameoft hesubst i
tutenomi neeshal lbeplacedl asti
nthel i
st.

SECTION11.Wi thdr awalofNomi nationsandSubst it

utionofPar ty-
l
istNomi nees.-Wi t
hdrawalofnomi nationsandsubst itutionofnomi nees
duet ot hewi thdrawaloft heaccept ancet ot henomi nat i
onshal lbei n
writi
ngandunderoat h,andf il
edwi tht heLaw Depar tmentnotl atert han
Nov ember15,2021( Monday ).Pr
ov i
dedt hatnosubst ituti
onshal lbev ali
d
unlesst hepar tyf i
l
eswi tht heLaw Depar tmental i
stofi tssubst it
ut e
nomi nees,thecer t
if
icatesofnomi nat i
onandaccept anceoft hesubst it
ut e
nomi nees,and an af fidav i
texecut ed byt he secr etary-gener aland t he
chairpersonorpr esi
dentoft hepartyat t
est i
ngt hatthesubst it
utenomi nees
possessal lthequalifi
cationsandnoneoft hedi squali
ficationspr ovidedby
l
aw.Thenameoft hesubst i
tut
enomi neeshal lbepl acedl astint helist
.The
numberofnomi neesint henewl i
stshal lbet hesamewi tht henumberof
thosepr evi
ouslysubmi ttedint heori
gi nalli
st.

Withi
nf i
ve(5)day sfr
om thefil
ingoftheli
stofsubsti
tutenominees,
thepar t
yshal lcauset hepublicat
ion ofitsnew and compl eteli
stof
nomineesi ntwo( 2)nati
onalnewspapersofgeneralci
rcul
ation.Theparty
shal
lsubmi tproofofpubl i
cat
ionofitsnewl i
stofnomineeswi ththeLaw
Departmentwi t
hinthree(3)daysfrom completi
onofthesaidpubl i
cat
ion.
Nosubst i
tuti
onshallbev al
idwit
houtcompliancewit
htherequi r
ementson
publ
icati
onandsubmi ssi
onofproofthereof
.

Anomineewhowit
hdrawshi
saccept
ancet
othenomi
nati
onshal
lnot
beeli
gibl
eforre-
nomi
nati
onbythesamepar t
yornominat
ionbyother
par
ti
es.
 Page9of9

SECTION 12.Subst itut

ionofPar t
y-l
istNomi neesDuet oDeat hor
Incapaci tyoft heSubsti
tutedNomi nees.–Nosubst it
uti
onshal lbev ali
dif
fil
edbey ondNov ember15,2021unl esst hel i
stofnomi neesor i
ginall
y
submi tt
ed hasbeen exhaust ed duet o death and/ orincapacityoft he
nomi nees.Thepar t
y,wi t
hint en( 10)day sf rom t heexhaust ionoft he
originall i
stshal lfi
l
ewi t
ht heLaw Depar tmental istofitssubst it
ute
nomi nees,t heircert
ifi
cates ofnomi nati
ons and accept ance,and an
affidav i
t executed by t he secretary-generaland t he chairperson or
presidentoft hepartyattesti
ngt hatthesubst i
tutenomi neespossessal l
the qual ifi
cati
ons and none oft he di squali
ficat
ions provided by l aw.
Prov ided thatsubst i
tut
ionsduet ot hedeat h and/ orincapacityoft he
nomi neesundert hi
spar agraphshal lbeal l
owedonl yupt omi d-dayof
electionday .

Thepart
yshallcausethepubl icat
ionofi t
snewandcompl et
elistof
nomineesintwo( 2)nati
onalnewspaper sofgener alcir
culati
onwi thi
nf i
ve
(5)daysf r
om t
hef i
li
ngwi t
ht heLaw Depar tment .Thepar t
yshal lsubmit
proofofpublicati
on ofi t
sl istofsubst itute nominees witht he Law
Departmentwit
hinthree(3)day sfrom compl eti
onofsai dpublicati
on.No
substi
tut
ionshallbev al
idwithoutcompl iancewi thther equir
ement son
publi
cati
onandsubmi ssi
onofpr oofther
eof .

I
nallcaseswher
eanomi needi
esorbecomesi ncapaci
tat
ed,the
part
yshal
lfi
lewit
htheLawDepar t
mentwi
thi
nten(10)daysfrom t
hefact
ther
eofanoti
ceandpr
oofofsuchdeat
hori
ncapaci
ty.

CERTI
FICATEOFNOMINATIONANDACCEPTANCE(
CONA)
OFOFFICI
ALCANDIDATES

ON13.Fi
SECTI l
ingofCerti
ficateofNominat
ionandAcceptance.–
TheCONAshal lbeintheform pr
escr i
bedbyt
heCommi ssi
on,underoath,
fi
ledsimult
aneousl
ywi t
ht heCertif
icat
eofCandidacy(COC),i
nf i
ve( 5)
copiesandstamped“r
eceiv
ed”inthesamemannerast heCOC.

SECTION 14.Cont
entsandFor m ofCer
ti
ficat
eofNominati
onand
Acceptance.– TheCONA oft heaspir
antsofthedulyr
egi
ster
edPPor
Coali
ti
onshallcont
aint
hefol
lowing:

a.Nameoft
hePPorCoal
i
tion;
 Page10of10

b.Name and or
igi
nalsi
gnat
ure oft
he aut
hor
ized of
fi
ceroft
he
nomi
nati
ngparty
;

c.Jur
isdi
cti
on orPlace ofAuthori
tyto si
gn t
he CONA oft
he
aut
hori
zedoffi
ceroft
henominat
ingpar
ty;

d.Si
gnat
ureoft
henomi
nee.

I
ftheaspir
antisnomi
nat
edbyaregisteredPP orCoal
it
ion,sai
d
aspi
rantmustsubmitaCONAfr
om t
her
egisteredPPorCoali
ti
on,asthe
casemaybe.

Asampl
efor
m oft
heCONAi
sat
tachedasAnnex“
F”.

ON15.Al
SECTI l
owedNumberofNominati
ons.–Nodul yregi
ster
ed
PPorCoali
ti
onshal
lbeall
owedtonominatemor ethant henumberof
candi
dat
esr
equi
redt
obevotedf
ori
napart
icul
arelect
iveposit
ion.

Ift
hePPorCoalit
ionnomi nat
edmor ethant henumberofcandi
dat
es
requi
red to be v
oted forin a parti
cularelectiv
e posi
ti
on,allofthe
nominati
onsshallbe denied due course bythe Commi ssi
on,and t
he
aspir
antsshall
bedecl
aredindependentcandidates.

FI
LINGOFCERTI
FICATESOFCANDI
DACY

SECTION 16.Cer ti
fi
cateofCandi dacy– Noper soncanrunforthe
posi
ti
onofPr esident,Vi
ce-President
,Senator,Memberoft heHouseof
Repr
esentati
vesorf oranyPr ovinci
al,Ci
tyorMuni ci
palpositi
on,orasa
Memberoft hePar l
iamentoft heBangsamor o AutonomousRegion in
Musli
m Mindanao( BARMM)unl esssuchaspirantaccompl i
shesandfi
l
esa
swornCOC i nt hef orm prescr
ibedbyt heCommi ssionfortheposit
ion
aspi
redfor.

Noper
sonshal
lbeel
i
gibl
etor
unf
ormor
ethanoneof
fi
cet
obef
il
led
i
nthesameel
ect
ion.

SECTION 17.Eff
ectofFi l
ingaCer
ti
fi
cat
eofCandidacyf
orMore
thanOneOffi
ce.– Anaspi
rantwhof i
l
esaCOCf ormor
ethanoneof
fi
ce
shal
lnotbeel
i
gibl
eforanyofthem.
 Page11of11

However,the aspir
antmay per sonal
ly orthrough an authori
zed
representat
ive,f
il
ewi t
ht heproperOfficeinaccordancewithSect i
on20
hereof,aswor nStatementofCancellationtomaintainthedesir
edof fi
ce
andcancel theCOCf ortheot
heroffi
ceorof f
ice/
s.

SECTION 18.Content
sandForm ofStatementofCancell
ati
on;if
NotPersonal
lyFi
led.–TheStat
ementofCancel
lat
ionshal
lbeunderoat
h
andshal
lstat
ethefoll
owi
ng:

a.Thedat
eoff
il
ingofaspi
rant
’sCOCs;

b.Thenameandconsentoft
henomi
nat
ingPPorCoal
i
tion,
ifany
;

c.Ther
ecei
vi
ngof
fi
cet
hatr
ecei
vedaspi
rant
’sCOCs;

d.TheCOCf
ort
heof
fi
ce/
stobecancel
l
edbyt
heaspi
rant
;

e.TheCOCf ort
hedesi
redof
fi
cet
obemai
ntai
ned/
ret
ainedbyt
he
aspi
rant
.

The Stat
ementofCancel l
ati
on may be f i
led by an aut hori
zed
repr
esentat
iveoftheaspir
ant,providedt hatt
heauthori
zedr epresentati
ve
shal
lpresentanAuthor
ityt
oSubmi tStatementofCancel
lat
ion, whichmust
beunderoat handcontai
ningtheor i
ginalspeci
mensignaturesofbot hthe
aspi
rantandtheauthor
izedrepresentati
ve.

Sampl ef
ormsoft heStatementofCancel
l
ati
onand Aut
hor
it
yt o
Submi tStat
ementofCancel
l
ati
onareatt
achedasAnnexes“
G”and“G-1”
,
respecti
vely
.

SECTION19.Content
sandFor
m ofCer
ti
fi
cat
eofCandi
dacy.–The
COCshall
beunderoat
handshal
lst
ate:

a.Of
fi
ceaspi
redf
or;

b.Nameoft
heaspi
rant
;

c.Age;

d.Sex;
Page12of12

e.Ci
vi
lSt
atus;

f
.Pl
aceanddat
eofbi
rt
h;

g.Ci
ti
zenshi
p,whet
hernat
ural
-bor
nornat
ural
i
zed;

h.Thedul
yregi
ster
edPPorCoal
i
tiont
owhi
cht
heaspi
rantbel
ongs,
i
fany;

i
.Ifmar
ri
ed,
thenameoft
hespouse;

j
.Compl
eteaddr
essf
orel
ect
ionpur
poses;

k.Residence,gi
vi
ng t
heexactaddr
essand t
henumberofy
ear
s
resi
dingin:

i
. ThePhi
l
ippi
nesandwhenev
erappl
i
cabl
e,

i
i
. Theplacewheretheaspi
ranti
ntendst
obeel
ect
edupt
othe
daybefor
etheel
ecti
on;

l
.Thebarangay
,cit
y,muni
cipal
i
tyandprov
incewher
etheaspi
ranti
s
ar
egi
ster
edvoterorwi
ll
bear egi
ster
edvot
er;

m.Pr
ofessi
onoroccupat
ionorempl
oyment
;

n.Thatt
heaspi
ranti
sel
i
gibl
eforsai
dof
fi
ce;

o.Thattheaspi
ranti
snotaper
manentr
esi
dentorani
mmi
grantt
oa
for
eigncount
ry;

p.Thattheaspi
ranthasexecut
edaswor
nrenunci
ati
onoff
orei
gn
ci
ti
zenshi
p(i
fappli
cabl
e);

q.Thattheaspirantwi
llfi
l
e,wit
ht heCommi ssi
on,wit
hin30day s
aft
er Elect
ion Day,a ful
l,true and i
temized St
atement of
Contr
ibuti
onsand Expendi
tur
es( SOCE)i
n connecti
on wit
hthe
el
ecti
on;

r
.Thatt heaspir
antwil
lsupportanddef
endt
heConsti
tut
ionofthe
Republi
c ofthe Phi
li
ppines and wi
l
lmaint
aintr
ue fai
th and
al
legi
ancether
eto;

s.Thatt he aspir
antwillobey the l
aws,legalor
ders,decrees,
resol
uti
ons,rul
esandr egul
ati
onspromul
gatedandissuedbythe
dulyconst
itut
edauthor
iti
es;
 Page13of13

t
.Thatt heaspir
antassumestheforegoi
ngobli
gat
ionsv
olunt
ari
l
y
wi
thoutmentalr
eser
vati
onorpur
poseofevasi
on;

u.Thattheaspi
rantgivesconsentt otheCommi ssi
ont ocol
lect
,
di
scl
oseorshar e,andpr ocesst hepersonaldat aprovi
dedfor
el
ecti
onandotherlawfulpurposesinaccordancewi t
hthePri
vacy
Noti
ceandasmaybeaut hor
izedbyexist
inglaws;

v
.Thatt hefactsstat
edinthecert
if
icat
ear
etr
ueandcor
rectt
othe
bestoftheaspi
rant’
sknowl
edge;and

w.Whethert
heaspi
ranthasbeenfoundli
abl
eforanof f
ense/
swhi ch
car
ri
eswithitt
heaccessorypenalt
yofperpetualdi
squal
i
ficat
ion
tohol
dpubli
coff
ice,
whichhasbecomef i
nalandexecut
ory
.

Unless there was an of f

ici
alchange ofname t hrough a cour t
-
approved proceeding,an aspi rantshalluse inthe COC:( i
)t he name
regi
steredintheOf f
iceoft heLocalCiv i
lRegi
str
ar;(
ii
)thenamebywhi ch
such aspiranthas been bapt zed or(
i i
ii
)any othername undert he
provi
sionsofexi sti
ngl aw orint hecaseofaMusl i
m,aHadj inameaf t
er
perf
ormi ngthepr escri
bedr el
i
giouspilgri
mage.Howev er
,whent her
ear e
twoormor easpirantsforanof f
icewiththesamenameandsur name, each
aspi
rant,shallneedt ostateapat er
nalandmat er
nalsurname,exceptt he
i
ncumbentwhomaycont i
nuet ouset henameandsur namest atedint he
COCwhenl astelected.

Anaspi
rantmayi ncl
udeoneni cknameorst agenamebywhi ch
aspi
ranti
sgeneral
l
yorpopul arl
yknowni ntheirl
ocal
it
y;Pr
ovidedthat
,no
aspi
rantshal
luse the ni
ckname orst age name ofanother.Onlyone
ni
cknameorstagenameshall beconsi
dered.

Anaspi
rantshal
lalsoaff
ixapassport
-si
zephotogr
aphtakenwit
hin
the l
astsix(6)mont hs,and mayattach a bio-
dat
a and pr
ogram of
gover
nmentnotexceedingonehundr
ed(100)words.

AP30.00documentar
yst ampt axshallbeattachedt otheCOC.The
documentar
ystampshallbeat t
achedtoone( 1)oft heor i
ginalcopiesof
theCOCandt hedocumentar ystampt axnumbershal lbewr it
tenont he
remaini
ngfour(4)copi
esoft heCOC.I ncaseadocument aryst ampof
P30.00isunavail
abl
e,two( 2)document arystampsofP15. 00shal lbe
att
achedtotheCOC.TheCOCshal lnotbeinval
idat
edi fallt
hecopi eshave
att
acheddocumentar
ystamps.
 Page14of14

TheCOC shallbeswor nt obef

oreaNot ar
yPubli
coranyof fi
cial
aut
hori
zed t
o admini
steroath.Employeesoft he Commissi
on are not
aut
hori
zedtoadmini
steroat
h,eveni
ntheircapaci
ti
esasnot
arypubl
ic.

I
ncaseofdiscr
epancyorinconsi
stencyi
nthefi
ve(5)copi
esofthe
COCsubmi
tt
ed,t
hecopyinpossessionoftheLawDepar
tmentshal
lpr
evai
l
.

Aspir
ant
s mustensur ethatalli
tems i
nthe COC arefi
ll
ed out
completely
,bothinthef rontand backpages,i
n accor
dancewit
ht he
i
nstr
uctionsstat
ed t
herein. Ifincasecertai
nit
em int heCOC i
snot
appl
icabletot
heaspi
rants,theyshal
lwri
teN/
Ather
ein.

Thef
ormsoft
heCOCar
eat
tachedasAnnexes“
H”t
o“H-
10”
.

SECTI ON20.Wher etoFil

eCer ti
fi
cat
eofCandidacy.–Dependingon
t
heelect
iveposit
ionsaspir
edf or,theCOC shallbefi
ledsimul
taneousl
y
wi
tht
heCONA, ifappl
icabl
e,i
nfive(5)copi
eswiththef
ollowi
ngoff
ices:

El
ect
ivePosi
ti
ons Wher
etoFi
le

Pr
esi
dent,
Vice-Pr
esident
,Senat
or, LawDepart
mentorinanyother
Par
ty-
ListRepresent
ati
ve venueasmaybedesi
gnatedbythe
Commi onEnBanc
ssi

Member softheHouseof Of
fi
ceoft
heRegi
onal
Elect
ion
Representati
vesforlegi
slat
ive Dir
ect
or,
NCR
di
str
ictsintheNationalCapit
al
Region(NCR)

MembersoftheHouseof Of
fi
ceoftheProvinci
alElect
ion
Repr
esentat
ivesf
orl
egisl
ati
ve Superv
isorconcerned
dist
ri
ctsinpr
ovi
nces

Member soft heHouseof Off

iceoft
heCit
yElecti
onOf f
icer
Representati
vesforlegisl
ati
ve concer
neddesi
gnatedforthe
di
str
ictsinciti
esoutsi
det heNCR, pur
posebytheRegionalEl
ecti
on
whichcompr iseoneormor e Di
rect
or
legi
slati
vedist
rict
s
 Page15of15

[
TheRegionalElect
ionDir
ectormust
i
ssuethedesignat
iononorbef or
e
September20,2021,copyfurni
shed
t
heLawDepar tmentthr
ought he
f
ast
estmeansav ail
able.
]

Gov
ernor
,Vice-Gov
ernor,
Member, Of
fi
ceoft
heProvi
nci
alEl
ect
ion
SangguniangPanl
alawigan Superv
isor

Off
iceoft
heCit
yElecti
onOf f
icer
concer
neddesi
gnatedforthe
pur
posebytheRegionalEl
ecti
on
Di
rect
or
May
or,
Vice-
May
or
i
nci
ti
eswithmorethanone
El
ect
ionOf
ficer [
TheRegionalElect
ionDir
ectormust
i
ssuethedesignat
iononorbef or
e
September20,2021,copyfurni
shed
t
heLawDepar tmentthr
ought he
f
ast
estmeansav ail
able.
]

Member
,Sangguni
ang Of
fi
ceoftheCit
yElect
ionOf
ficerof
Panl
ungsod thedist
ri
ctconcer
ned
i
nci
ti
eswit
hmorethanone
El
ect
ionOf
fi
cer

Mayor,Vi
ceMayor,
Member,
Sangguni
angPanl
ungsod
Of
fi
ceoft
heCi
tyEl
ect
ionOf
fi
cer
i
nci
ti
eswithonl
yone( 1)
l
egi
slat
ivedi
str
ict

Muni
cipalMayor
,Municipal
Vice-
Of
fi
ceoft
heMunici
pal
Elect
ion
Mayor,Member,Sangguni
ang
Of
fi
cer
Bayan

Off
iceoftheRegi
onalEl
ect
ion
Member
softhePar
li
amentoft
he
Di
rect
or( Cot
abat
oCity
,MarawiCi
ty
BARMM
andZamboangaCit
y)
 Page16of16

AnyCOCf
il
edwi
tht
hei
ncor
rectof
fi
ceshal
lbedeemedasnotf
il
ed.

TheCOC shal
lbefi
led byt
heaspi
rantpersonal
l
yort hr
oughan
aut
hori
zedr
epr
esent
ati
vewit
haswornandsi gnedAuthor
it
ytoFilet
he
COC.

NoCOCf
il
edbymai
l
,el
ect
roni
cmai
l
,tel
egr
am orf
acsi
mil
eshal
lbe
accepted.

The fi
l
ing ofthe COC ofa subst
it
ute aspi
rant
,in case ofv
ali
d
subst
it
uti
on,shal
lbefi
l
edinaccor
dancewit
hSection40hereof.

Nof
il
ingf
eeshal
lbei
mposedf
ort
hef
il
ingoft
heCOC.

Asampl
efor
m oft
heAut
hor
it
ytoFi
l
eCOCi
sat
tachedasAnnex“
I”.

SECTION21.Aut hor i
tyt oTransferVenuef ortheFili
ngofCOC. –If
thedesignatedv enueforthef il
ingofCOCaspr ovi
dedinSect i
on20her eof
i
snotsui tablebasedont heI nt
er-AgencyTaskFor cefortheManagement
ofEmer gingInfecti
ousDi seases( IATF-EI
D)Guideli
nesonCOVI D19health
andsaf et
ypr otocols,theheadoft heReceivi
ngOf fi
cemayr equestfor
transf
erofv enue,notlaterthanSept ember1,2021( Wednesday ),
withthe
foll
owing of f
ices having j uri
sdicti
on ov er t
he said receiving off
ice
concerned:

Recei
vi
ngOf
fi
ce Wher
etoFi
le

Of
fi
ceoft
heEl
ect
ionOf
fi
cer Pr
ovi
nci
alEl
ect
ionSuper
visor

Of
fi
ceoft
heEl
ect
ionOff
iceri
nthe Regi
onal
Elect
ionDi
rect
or
NCR,Dav
aoCi
tyandZamboanga
City

Of
fi
ceoft
heProvi
nci
alEl
ect
ion Regi
onal
Elect
ionDi
rect
or
Superv
isor

Of
fi
ceoftheRegi
onalEl
ect
ion Of
fi
ceofExecut
iveDi
rect
or
Dir
ect
oroftheBARMM
 Page17of17

TheProvinci
alElect
ionSuper
visor
,RegionalElecti
onDirect
orort he
Executi
veDirector
,ast hecasemaybe,shal lapproveordisappr ov
et he
requestwi
thi
nt hree(3)daysfr
om thefil
ingofther equestf
ort r
ansferof
venuefort
hef i
li
ngofCOC.

Thedecisi
onoft heProv i
ncialEl
ecti
onSupervisor
,Regi
onalElecti
on
Dir
ectorortheExecuti
v eDirector,asthecasemaybe,shal lbef i
naland
executor
yunlessat imelyopposi t
ionisf i
led.Al
lapproved r
equestfor
tr
ansferofvenueforthef i
li
ngofCOCshal lbepostedimmediatel
yinthe
bull
eti
nboardofthereceiv
ingof fi
ceconcerned.

SECTION 22.Opposi t
iontotheTr ansferofVenuef ortheFili
ngof
COC.-Anyr egister
edv otermay ,wi
thi
nt hr
ee( 3)day
sf r
om theapprovalof
therequestfort hetransferofvenueforthefi
lingofCOC, f
il
eanOpposi t
ion
withthePr ov i
ncialElectionSupervi
sor,RegionalElect
ionDir
ectorort he
Executi
veDir ectorwhoi ssuedsuchapproval.

TheOpposi t
ionshallbedeci
dedbyt heProv i
nci
alEl
ecti
onSupervi
sor
,
RegionalElect
ionDirect
orort heExecutiveDirect
orwithi
nthree(3)days
from f
il
ing.Thedecisi
onshallbefinalandexecutory,
andshallbepost
edin
thebull
etinboardofthereceiv
ingoffi
ceconcerned.

SECTION23.Requi rement sfortheTransferofVenuef ortheFil

ing
ofCOC.–Thevenuewher ethet hefil
ingofCOCmaybet r
ansferr
ed shall
bel ocatedinapubl i
cbuildi
ngori fnonei sav ai
l
able,i
napr i
vatebuil
ding,
provided thatei t
hermustnotbe owned,l eased,oroccupi ed byany
i
ncumbentof f
ici
aloranyper sonwhoi srel
atedtoanyi ncumbentof fi
cial
withinthef ourthcivi
ldegreeofconsangui nit
yoraf fi
nit
y,oranyof fi
cerof
thegov ernmentorl eaderofanypol it
icalpar
ty,grouporf act
ion,nori
nany
buil
dingorsur roundingpremisesundert heactualcontr
olofapr iv
ateentit
y,
polit
icalpartyorrel
igiousorganizat
ion.

Thev enuemustbe,asf araspracti

cable,ofsuf
fi
cientsizetoadmi t
andcomf ortabl
yaccommodat ear easonablenumberofaspi rantsatone
ti
me.Thev enueforthefi
li
ngofCOCshal lbelocatedwit
hinthet er
ri
tor
yor
j
urisdi
cti
onoft hereceiv
ingoffi
ceascent ral
lyaspossible,andwhenev er
possibl
e,suchlocat
ionshall
bealongapubl i
croad.

Thev
enuef
ort
hef
il
ing ofCOC shal
lnotbel
ocat
ed wi
thi
nthe
 Page18of18

peri
meterofori
nsi
deami
l
itar
yorpol
i
cecamporr
eser
vat
ionorwi
thi
na
pri
soncompound.

SECTION 24.Per
iodforFi
li
ngofCer t
if
icat
esofCandidacy.– The
COCshall
befil
edonOctober1to8,2021(
includi
ngSat
urdayandSunday),
fr
om 8:
00AM to5:00PM.

Ifat4:45PM oft helastdayoff i

li
ngoftheCOC,therearesti
l
l
aspir
antsinside the desi
gnated queui
ng ar
ea i
ntendi
ng t
of i
l
et hei
r
respecti
veCOCs,theReceivi
ngOffi
cershal
l:

a.Pr
epar
eacompl etel
ist
,cont
aini
ngthenamesoft
heaspi
rant
s
i
nsi
dethedesi
gnat
edqueui
ngarea;

b.Thenamesoft heaspir
ant
sshallbeconsecuti
velynumbered,
i
ndi
cat
ingt her
einthetimeofli
sti
ng.Theaspi
rants’namesshall
onl
ybeli
stedifthei
rCOCsarecomplet
e;

c.Announcethenamesoft
heaspi
rant
s,i
ntheor
deri
nwhi
cht
hey
ar
elist
ed.

Oncenamei scal
l
ed,theaspir
antshallpr
oceedwi
ththefil
ingof
COC.Fail
uretoappearwhennamei scall
edshal
lauthor
izethe
Recei
vi
ngOffi
cert
orefuseaccept
anceoftheCOC.

Thesameprocedur
eshallbeobservedi
fat5:00PM ofthel
astdayof
f
il
ingoftheCOC,t her
ear estil
laspi
rantsinsi
deandwi thint
hir
ty(30)
meter
sfr
om thedesi
gnatedqueui
ngarea.

Onl
ytheCOCsoft hosewhosenameswer
eli
stedbyt
heRecei
vi
ng
Of
fi
cershal
lbeaccept
ed.

A COC fil
edinaccordancewiththi
sprocedur
eshal
lbestamped
“
recei
ved”att
hetimei
tisactual
lyf
il
edandshal
lbedeemedf
il
edonti
me.

Anincompl
eteCOCshallnotbeaccept
edandshallnotbestamped
“r
eceived”onti
meev enwhent heaspi
ranti
spresentandwaiti
ngtobe
cal
led.ACOCshal lbedeemedincompl
eteinthefol
lowi
ngi ances:no
nst
document
arystampattached,nosi
gnatureoft
heaspirant
,notnotar
ized
COC,nosi
gnatureoft
henot ar
ypubl
i
c,incompl
eteaddr
ess,nophotogr
aph,
notcompl
etel
yfil
l
edoutCOC.
 Page19of19

TheReceivingOf f
icerconcer nedshallsubmittotheLawDepar tment,
vi
a el ectr
onic mai l at l aw.coc@comel ec.
gov.ph on Oct ober 9,
2021(Saturday)
,ar eportont helistofthoseaspirantswhoseCOCswer e
notrecei
ved,givi
ngt her easonst herefor
,anddateitispresentedforfi
li
ng.
TheRecei vi
ngOf fi
cerwhof ail
st osubmi tthereportonOct ober9,2021
shall
bedi r
ectedtof i
leawr it
t enexplanati
ontotheLawDepar tment,forthe
l
atter
’sappropri
ateact i
on.

Sampl
ef or
ms ofthe Recor
d/Li
stcontai
ning t
he det
ail
s ofthe
aspir
antsi
nthequeui
ngar
eaofOctober8,2021areatt
achedasAnnexes
“J”and“J-
1”.

Samplef
orm oft
heRepor
tonNon-
Recei
ptofCOCi
sat
tachedas
Annex“K”.

SECTION 25.Aspir
ant’
s Name to Appearon t
he Offi
cialBallot
,
Contents.–Thenamet oappearontheoff
ici
albal
l
otoftheaspirantshal
l
cont
aint hef
oll
owingi
nsuchorder
:Aspi
rant
’s-

a.Sur
name;

b.Fi
rstnameORNi
ckname/
Stagename;
and

c.Acr
onym ofthePPorCoal
i
tion.I
fnotamemberofPPorCoal
i
tion,
I
NDf ori
ndependent
.

Theaspirantsmayuseei t
herthei
rnameornickname/
stagename,
whichevertheyprefer
,toget
herwiththei
rsur
nameandacronym oft
hePP
ofCoali
tionorINDforindependent.

TheNamet oAppearontheOffici
alBall
otshal
lnotexceedt
hir
ty(30)
characters. Thecountoft he30- charact
erli
mitat
ionincl
udesspaces,
l
etters,numbersandpunctuat
ions.

Exampl
e:
a.Formal
easpi
rant
:

Rey
es JuanManuel Mi
ke Sant
os
Sur
name Fi
rstName Ni
ckname Mi
ddl
e
 Page20of20

Name

Useofname Rey
es,
JuanManuel(
PP)
Useofni
ckname Rey
es,
Mike(
PP)

b.Forsi
ngl
efemal
easpi
rant
:

Del
aCr
uz MaJuana Jane Tor
res
Sur
name Fi
rstName Ni
ckname Mi
ddl
e
Name

Useofname Del
aCr
uz,
MaJuana(
PP)
Useofni
ckname Del
aCr
uz,
Jane(
PP)

c.Formar
ri
edf
emal
easpi
rant
:

Del
aCr
uz-
Rey
es MaJuana Mar
y Tor
res
Sur
name Fi
rstName Ni
ckname Mi
ddl
e
Name

Useofname Dela Cruz-Reyes,Ma Juana

(PP)
Useofni
ckname DelaCruz-Reyes,Mar
y(PP)

SECTION 26.Namet o Appearon t heOffi

cialBallotofMar ri
ed
FemaleAspir
ants.–Mar ri
edfemaleaspirantsmayuseei t
hertheirmai
den
nameormar ri
ed nameorbot h,whichevertheypr ef
er,subjecttothe
30—char
acterl
imitat
ion.

Thus,
amar r
iedf
emal
easpirantshal
lprov
idet
hef
oll
owingdat
aint
he
Namet oAppearontheOffi
cialBall
ot(It
em No.4oft heCOC),int
he
f
oll
owingor
der:

a.LastName(
mai
dennameORmar
ri
ednameORbot
h);

b.Fi
rstNameORNi
ckname/
Stagename;
and

c.Acr
ony
m ofPPorCoal
i
tionorI
ND,
ast
hecasemaybe.
 Page21of21

Exampl
e:
Del
aCr
uz-
Rey
es MaJuana Mar
y Tor
res
Sur
name Fi
rstName Ni
ckname Mi
ddl
e
Name

Useofmai
denname DelaCruz,MaJuana( PP)OR
DelaCruz,Mary(PP)
Useofmarr
iedname Reyes,MaJuana( PP)OR
Reyes,Mary(PP)
Use of both maiden and Dela Cruz-
Reyes,Ma Juana
marr
iedname (PP) OR Del a Cruz-Reyes,
Mary(PP)

ON 27.Gui
SECTI del
inesi
nCaseAspi
rant
sFai
ledt
oIndi
cat
ethe
Namet oAppearont heOf
fi
cialBal
lot;orift
heNameisNotinAccordance
wit
ht heGui del
ines,ori
fiti sin Excessoft heRequi
red Numberof
Charact
ers.-TheLawDepartmentshal lmotupr
opr
iodet
erminetheName
t
oAppearont
heOf
fi
ci
alBal
l
otofanaspi
ranti
f:

a.Theaspi
rantf
ail
stoi
ndi
cat
ethenamet
oappearont
heof
fi
cial
bal
l
ot;

b.Thenamei
ndi
cat
edi
snoti
naccor
dancewi
tht
hegui
del
i
nes;

c.Thenamei
ndi
cat
edi
sinexcessoft
he30-
char
act
erl
i
mit
ati
on;

d.There are mul

tipl
ef ir
stnames writ
ten,the t
otalit
y ofwhich,
togetherwit
hthesur nameandt heacronym oft hePP orIND,
exceedsthe30-charact
erl
imi
t.Inthi
scase,thenicknamewr i
tt
en
i
nI tem 2oftheCOCshal lbeincl
udedwiththesur nameandPP
acronym orI
NDast heNametoAppearont heOffi
cialBal
lot
;

e.Ther ear
emulti
ple-
wor dednicknameswr i
tt
en,thetotal
it
yofwhich,
togetherwit
hthesur nameandt heacronym oft hePP orIND,
exceedsthe30-characterl
i
mi t.I
nthiscase,t
hef i
rstnamewr i
tt
en
i
nI tem 1.
2oftheCOCshal lbeincludedwit
hthesur nameandPP
acronym orI
NDast heNamet oAppearont heOffi
cialBal
lot
;

f
.The name wr itt
en is a combinati
on ofthe fi
rstnames and
nicknamesormul ti
-wordedfi
rstnamesornicknames,t hetotal
it
y
ofwhi ch,
toget
herwiththesurnameandt heacr
ony m ofthePPor
IND,exceedst he30-charact
erlimit
ati
on.Inthi
scase,onl ythe
namewr it
tenfir
stshallbeincludedwiththesur nameandPP
acronym orINDastheNamet oAppearont heOffi
cialBall
ot.
 Page22of22

Indeter
mini
ngt heNamet oAppearont heOf
fici
alBal
lot
,theLaw
Depar
tmentshal
ltakeint
oconsi der
ati
ont henameoftheaspi
rantandt
he
nametoappearontheoffi
cialball
otasindicat
edi
nIt
em Nos.1,2and4of
theCOC.

Exampl
e:
a.Formar
ri
edf
emal
easpi
rant
:

1.
Del
aCr
uz-
Rey
es MaJuana Tor
res
Sur
name Fi
rstName Mi
ddl
eName

Nicknameof Namet oAppearont he NametoAppearon

theAspirant Ball
otaspr ovidedbythe t
heOffi
cial
Ball
otas
asindicat
edin AspirantinI t
em 4ofthe deter
minedbythe
I
tem 2oft he COC( butnotin LawDepartment
COC accordancewi t
hthe
guidelines)

Mar
y Del
aCr
uz-
Reyes,
MaJuana Del
aCruz-
Reyes,
Ma
Mary Juana(PP)

Mar
y Rey
es-
Del
aCr
uz,
MaJuana Rey
es,
MaJuana
(
PP)

Mar
y Tor
res,
MaJuanaDel
a Del
aCr
uz,MaJuana
Cr
uz (PP)

Mar
y Tor
res,
MaJuanaDel
a Del
aCruz-
Reyes,Ma
Cruz-
Rey
es Juana(PP)

Mar
y Tor
res,
MaJuana Del
aCruz-
Reyes,Ma
Juana(PP)

Mar
yJuana Del
aCr
uz-Rey
es,
Mar
y Del
aCruz-
Reyes,
Ma
Juana Juana(PP)

2.Del
aCr
uz-
Rey
es Mar
iaJuana Tor
res
Sur
name Fi
rstName Mi
ddl
eName
Page23of23

Nicknameof Namet oAppearont he NametoAppearon

t
heAspi rantas Ball
otaspr ovidedbythe t
heOffi
cial
Ball
otas
indicat
edi n AspirantinI t
em 4ofthe deter
minedbythe
I
tem 2oft he COC( butnotin LawDepartment
COC accordancewi t
hthe
guidelines)

Mar
y Del
aCr
uz-
Reyes,
Mar
ia Del
aCr
uz-
Reyes,
Juana Mar
y(PP)

- Del
aCr
uz-
Reyes,
Mar
ia Del
aCr
uz-
Rey
es,
Juana Mar
ia(
PP)

Mar
iaJuana Del
aCr
uz-
Reyes,
Mar
ia Del
aCr
uz-
Rey
es,
Juana Mar
ia(
PP)

Daki
l
angMari
a Del
aCr
uz-
Reyes,
Daki
l
ang Del
aCr uz-
Reyes,
Juna Mar
iaJuana Daki
lang(PP)

b.Formal
easpi
rant
:

Rey
es JuanManuel Sant
os
Sur
name Fi
rstName Mi
ddl
eName

Nicknameof Namet oAppearont he NametoAppearon

t
heAspi rantas Ball
otaspr ovidedbythe t
heOffi
cial
Ball
otas
indicat
edi n AspirantinI t
em 4ofthe deter
minedbythe
I
tem 2oft he COC( butnotin LawDepartment
COC accordancewi t
hthe
guidelines)

Mi
ke Rey
es,
Miggy Rey
es,
JuanManuel
(
PP)

JuanManuel Rey
es,JuanManuel Rey
es,
JuanManuel
Mi
guelSant
os MiguelSant
os (
PP)

Juan Sant
os,
JuanManuel Rey
es,
JuanManuel
(
PP)
 Page24of24

Rey
es JuanManuel
Rey
es Rey
es,
JuanManuel
(
PP)

Mi
keSant
os Rey
es,
Mike Rey
es,
MikeSant
os
(
PP)

Mi
keSant
os Sant
os-Reyes,
Juan Rey
es,
JuanManuel
Manuel (
PP)

c.Forsi
ngl
efemal
easpi
rant
:

Del
aCr
uz MaJuana Tor
res
Sur
name Fi
rstName Mi
ddl
eName

Nicknameoft he Namet oAppearont he Namet oAppearon

Aspirantas Ball
otaspr ovidedbythe t
heOffi
cial
Ball
otas
i
ndicatedinIt
em Aspi rantinI t
em 4ofthe det er
minedbythe
2oft heCOC COC( butnotin LawDepartment
accordancewi t
hthe
guidelines)

Jane Tor
res,
Jane Del
aCr
uz,
Jane(
PP)

Daki
l
angI
na Del
aCruz,MaJuana Del
aCr
uz,MaJuana
Daki
langI
na (PP)

Daki
l
angI
na Del
aCr
uz,
Dakil
angI
na Del
aCruz,
Daki
lang
MaJuana I
na(PP)

Mapagmahal
na Del
aCruz,Mapagmahal Del
aCr
uz,MaJuana
I
naJuana naInaJuana (PP)

Jane Del
aCr
uz-
Tor
res,
Jane Del
aCr
uz,
Jane
(
PP)

SECTION 28.Post
ing ofthe Tent
ati
ve Li
stofCandidates f
or
Pur
posesoft heNametoAppearontheOff
ici
alBal
lot
.–Thet
entati
veLi
st
ofCandidat
eswi l
lbepostedstar
ti
ngOctober29,2021(Fr
iday)atthe
 Page25of25

websit
eoft heCommi onatwww.
ssi comel
ec.gov.
ph andattheoffi
ces
wheretheCOCsar efi
l
edf orpur
posesofcheckingt
henamet oappearon
theof
fici
alball
ot.Aspi
rant
sareencouragedt
ocheckt hei
rnamest
oappear
ontheoffi
cialbal
lot
s.

SECTION29.LastDayt oFileRequestforCorrectionofCl eri

calor
Typographi
calErroront heNamet oAppearont heOfficialBall
ot.–The
l
astdayt ofi
learequestf orcor
recti
onofcleri
calortypogr aphi
calerroron
thenamet oappearont heof f
ici
alball
otshallbeonNov ember8,2021
(Monday)inordertorefl
ectthechangesinthenameoft heaspi r
antsinthe
off
ici
alball
ot,
subjecttotherequir
ementsofSections25, 26and27her eof
.

Nor
equestf
orcor
rect
ionshal
lbeent
ert
ainedaf
tersai
ddat
e.

ON30.Ef
SECTI fect
sofFi
li
ngofCer
ti
fi
cat
eofCandi
dacy.–

a.
Anyper sonhol di
ngapubli
cappoint
iveoff
iceorposi ti
on,i
ncluding
activemember softheAFP,andotherofficer
sandempl oyeesi n
gov er
nment -ownedor-
cont
rol
ledcorpor
ati
ons, shallbeconsi
der ed
ipsof actoresi
gnedfrom t
heoffi
ceandmustv acatethesameat
thest artoftheregul
aroff
icehoursofthedaywhent heaspirant
fil
edtheCOC.

b.
Anypersonhol di
nganel ect
iveof fi
ceorposi
ti
onshal
lnotbe
consi
der
edresigneduponthefil
i
ngofaCOCwhet herf
ort
hesame
oranyot
herelecti
veoff
iceorposit
ion.

ON31.I
SECTI ndependentCandi
dat
e.–Ani ndependentcandi
dat
eis
onewhofal
l
sinanyofthefol
lowi
ngcir
cumst
ances:

a.Whohasnotbeennomi
nat
edbyadul
yregi
ster
edPPorCoal
i
tion;

b.WhoseCONAhasbeensubmit
tedbyaPPorCoal
i
tionnotdul
y
r
egi
ster
edwi
tht
heCommissi
on;

c.Whohasnotaccept edanomi
nati
on,orhasr
epudi
atedaCONA
f
rom adul
yregi
ster
edPPorCoal
it
ion;

d.Whoacceptsnominat
ionsf
rom morethanonedul
yregi
ster
edPP
orCoal
i
tionf
orthesameconst
it
uency;

e.WhoseCONAi
sfi
l
edaf
tert
hel
astdayoff
il
ingofCOC;
 Page26of26

f
.WhoseCONAi sf
oraposi
ti
ondifferentf
rom t
heposi
tioni
ndi
cat
ed
i
nt heCOCandhasbeendiscov
er edonlyaf
tert
helastdayoft
he
f
il
ingoftheCOC;

g.Whose CONA i s cancel

l
ed,wit
hdrawn orsubst
it
uted by t
he
nominat
ing part
ywi t
hintheper
iod f
orfi
li
ng ofCOC,wi t
hthe
conf
ormityofthecandi
dat
e;

h.WhoseCONAi ssignedbyapersonwhoseauthori
tyt
osignCONA
and speci
men si
gnatur
e has notbeen submitt
ed t
ot he Law
Depart
mentwi
thintheper
iodpr
escri
bedinSecti
on2hereof;

i
.Whohassubmi tt
edt wo(2)CONAsfrom t
hesamePPbutsigned
by t
wo ( 2)di
fferentoffi
cial
s,bot
h ofwhom are aut
hori
zed
si
gnator
iesoft
hepar t
y;

j
.Whohassubmi t
tedaCONAf rom thei
ndi
vi
dualmember
soft
he
Coal
i
tion,
ifnomi
natedbyaCoali
ti
on;

k.Whohassubmitt
edaCONA notdulysi
gnedbyt
heaut
hor
ized
si
gnat
oryoft
hePPorCoal
i
tion;
and

l
.Suchot
hergr
oundsasmaybedet
ermi
nedbyt
heCommi
ssi
on.

ACONAmustcomef
rom t
heCoal
i
tion,i
fthePPi
samemberofa
Coal
i
tion.

Acandidat
ewhoaccept snominat
ionsf rom bothnati
onalandlocal
regist
eredPPshallnotbeconsider
edasani ndependentcandi
date.I
ncase
ofnomi nat
ionfrom bothnationalandlocalregist
eredPP,t hefol
lowi
ng
guidel
inesshal
lbef ol
lowedinthedeter
mi nat
ionoft henameofPPt obe
refl
ectedonthenamet oappearontheoffi
cialbal
lot:

a.thechoiceoftheaspi
rantshal
lcont
rol
,unl
essi
texceedst
he30-
char
acterli
mit
ati
on;

b.i
fbot hthenamesofthenat i
onalandlocalr
egi
steredPP are
refl
ectedinItem No.4oft heCOC,t henameoft henat
ional
regi
steredPP shal
lberef
lectedont henamet oappearont he
offi
cialbal
l
ot;

c.I
ft henameoft heregi
ster
edPPisnotspecif
iedi
nItem No.4of
theCOC,t henameofthenati
onalregi
ster
edPPshal
lberefl
ect
ed
ont henametoappearontheof
fi
cialbal
lot
.
 Page27of27

The choi
ce ofthe aspi
rantshal
lli
kewise be consi
der
ed i
nthe
computat
ionofthedominantmajor
it
yanddominantminori
tyPP.

SECTION 32.Mi nisteri

alDut y ofRecei vi
ng and Acknowledgi
ng
ReceiptofCer t
if
icatesofCandi dacy/ Nominati
onandAcceptance.–The
Receivi
ngOf f
icerhast hemi nist
erialdutytorecei
veandacknowledgethe
recei
ptoftheCOCandCONA;Pr ovidedthattheyar
ef i
ledinconformit
y
withtherul
esandr egul
ations.

Forthispurpose,theReceivingOf fi
cershallev al
uatet heCOCand
CONA,whet heront heirf
aces,t
heyconf orm wit
ht her ulesandr egulat
ions
herei
nsetf ort
h.TheRecei v
ingOfficermustensur et hatallfi
ve( 5)copi es
oftheCOCper tai
ntot hesameof f
iceandar ecompl etelyandpr operl
yfill
ed
-outbytheaspi r
ant .TheReceivi
ngOf ficershallstamp“ received”ev ery
copyoft heCOCandCONAwi ththedat eandact ualtimeofr ecei
ptand
affi
xasignaturet
her eon.

Whenanyitem oft heCOCi slef

tunfil
l
ed,incl
udingt hebackpage, the
Recei v
ingOffi
cershallrequir
etheaspiranttocompleteandf i
l
louttheitem
basedont hewritt
eni nstr
ucti
ons.Incaset heCOCandCONAar efi
ledby
anaut hori
zedrepresentati
veoftheaspi r
ant,t
heReceivingOf fi
cershallnot
receive the COC and CONA and i nst
ead,i nstr
uct t he authorized
representat
ivetoinformt heaspir
anttocompl eteandf il
loutt heit
em l ef
t
unfil
ledandf i
lethesamebef oretheendoft heperiodf orthef i
l
ingoft he
COCandCONA.

I
nanycase, aCOCnotint hefor
m prescr
ibedbyt
heCommi ssi
onfor
theposit
ionaspir
edfor,i
ncomplet
eCOCasdef i
nedher
ein,andt
hosefi
l
ed
beyondtheprescr
ibedperi
od,shal
lnotbeaccepted.

Shoul
dtheaspi
rantr
efusetocompl etel
yfi
l
loutal
lthei
temsi
nthe
COC,
theRecei
vi
ngOffi
cershal
lnotaccepttheCOCandCONA.

TheRecei
vi
ngOfficerwhof
ail
stoobser
vet
hesegui
del
inesshal
lbe
hel
dadmini
str
ati
vel
yli
able.

ON33.Recor
SECTI dingbytheReceivi
ngOfficeroft
heCert
if
icat
eof
Candi
dacyasFi
led.– TheRecei
vingOffi
cershallenteri
narecordbook,
t
hefol
lowi
ngdat
a,leav
ingnospacebetweenentr
ies:
 Page28of28

a.Dat
eandact
ual
timeofr
ecei
pt;

b.Assi
gnedconsecut
ivenumbert
her
eof
;

c.Ful
lnameoft
heaspi
rant
;

d.Theof
fi
cef
orwhi
cht
heaspi
ranti
sseeki
ngel
ect
ion;

e.Thenomi nati
ngPPorcoal
i
tionofPPort
hepar
tyt
owhi
cht
he
aspi
rantbelongs,
ifany
;

f
.Thenumberofcopi
esr
ecei
ved;

g.Thenameoft
heauthori
zedr
epr
esent
ati
ve,i
ftheCOCi
snotf
il
ed
per
sonal
l
ybyt
heaspir
ant;

h.Thenameoft
heRecei
vi
ngOf
fi
cer
;and

i
.Signat
ureoft
heaspi
rantoraut
hor
izedr
epr
esent
ati
ve,
ast
hecase
maybe.

TheReceiv
ingOff
icershal
lli
kewiseenteri
nar ecor
dbookt henames
ofaspi
rantswhoseCOCsar enotr ecei
ved,thereasonsther
eforandthe
dat
eofattemptt
ofil
e.

TheRecei vi
ngOf f
icershal li
mmedi atelycloset herecordbookby
placingalineimmedi at
elyaf t
ert helastentryandwr it
ingthewor d“cl
osed”
afterthetimeallowedf orthef il
i
ngoft heCOC.TheRecei v
ingOf f
icerandat
l
eastt wo( 2)witnesses,pr eferablyWat chers,i
fpr esent,shal
laf f
ixthei
r
si
gnat uresimmedi atelybelowt hewor d“closed”andi ndi
catethedat eand
exactt i
meofcl osing.

Sampl
efor
m oft
heRecor
dont
heFi
l
ingofCOCi
sat
tachedasAnnex
“
L”.

Samplefor
m oft
heRecor
dofCOCsNotRecei
vedi
sat
tachedas
Annex“L-
1”.

SECTION 34.Submissi
onoft heNumberofAspi
rantsWhoFiled
thei
rCerti
fi
cateofCandidacy.– Onadai
lybasi
s,t
hePr
ov i
nci
alEl
ect
ion
Supervi
sorshal
l
:
 Page29of29

a.Consoli
datethedail
yr epor
tssubmit
tedbytheEl
ect
ionOfficeron
the numberofaspi rants who f
il
ed t
hei
rCOCs,indicat
ing the
posi
tionaspi
redforbysex;and

b.Submitthedai
l
yr eport
stot heEl ect
ionRecor dsandStati
sti
cs
Depart
ment ( ERSD) t hrough elect
ronic mail at
ersd@comel
ec.
gov.phandcopyf ur
nishersd.r
sd@comelec.
gov.
ph.

Int
hecaseoft heRegionalEl
ect
ionDirector
sofNCRandBARMM
andt heEl
ecti
onOf f
icer
sofDav aoCit
yandZamboangaCi ty
,theyshal
l
l
ikewisesubmittoERSD,onadai l
ybasis,throughel
ect
ronicmail
,the
numberofaspirant
swhof i
l
edt hei
rCOCs,indicati
ngt
hepositi
onaspi
red
forbysex.

Theform oftheDailyRepor
tontheNumberofAspi
rant
swhoFi l
ed
thei
rCOCperEl ect
ivePosit
ionbySexfort
heMay9,2022Nat i
onaland
LocalElect
ionsi
sattachedasAnnex“M”.

SECTION 35.Wat chersofI ndependentAspi rants,Politi

calPart
ies
and Accredit
ed Ci tizens’Ar ms.– An i ndependentcandi date,PP or
accredi
tedcit
izen’sar m mayappoi ntone( 1)wat chereachi nconnection
wit
ht hefi
li
ngoft heCOCs.Thewat cher,
whoshal lpr esentanappointment
papertotheRecei vi
ngOf fi
cer,shal
lbeal l
owedt ost aywi t
hinthepremises
oftheReceivi
ngOf fice,subjecttot herul
essetf orthi nSecti
ons41and42
hereof. Any wat chermay r eporttot he Commi ssion any irr
egul
arit
y
observedduri
ngt hepr oceedings.

Wat
cher
smaysecurefr
om theReceiv
ingOffi
cer
,acopyoftheful
lli
st
ofthosewhofi
ledthei
rCOCsandthei
rrespect
iveposi
ti
onsforwhichthey
i
ntendtobeel
ected.

Ifallwatcherscannotbeaccommodat edintheareaf orfil

i
ngof
COCs,prefer
enceshallbegiventothewatcheroftheaccredi
tedcit
izen’
s
ar
m,domi nantmajor
it
yanddomi nantminor
it
yparti
esasdeterminedbythe
CommissionintheMay13, 2019Nati
onalandLocalEl
ect
ions.

SECTION 36.Pr eparat

ionoftheLi
stofAspi
rants.– I
mmediatel
y
af
terthelastdayforfil
ingofCOCs,thef
oll
owi
ngoffi
cesshallpr
epar
ea
Li
stofAspirant
sinfi
ve(5)copies:
 Page30of30

El
ect
ivePosi
ti
ons I
mpl
ement
ingOf
fi
ce

Presi
dent
,VicePresident
, LawDepar
tment
Senator
sandPar ty
-li
st
Repr
esentat
ives

MembersoftheHouseof Of
fi
ceoft
heRegi
onal
Elect
ion
Repr
esent
ati
vesforl
egisl
ati
ve Dir
ect
or,
NCR
di
str
ict
sintheNCR

MembersoftheHouseof Of
fi
ceoftheProvinci
alElect
ion
Repr
esentat
ivesf
orl
egisl
ati
ve Super
visorconcerned
dist
ri
ctsinpr
ovi
nces

Member softheHouseof Offi

ceoft
heCityElecti
onOffi
cer
Representati
vesforlegislati
ve concer
neddesi
gnatedforthepurpose
di
stri
ctsinciti
esoutsidet he bytheRegi
onalElecti
onDir
ector
NCR, whichcompr i
seoneor
mor elegisl
ativ
edistricts

Ci
tyOff
ici
alsofci
ti
eswi
thmore
t
hanoneElect
ionOf
fi
cer

Pr
ovi
nci
alOf
fi
cial
s Of
fi
ceoft
heProvi
nci
alEl
ect
ion
Superv
isor

Ci
tyOffi
cial
sofonl
yone(1) Of
fi
ceoft
heCi
tyEl
ect
ionOf
fi
cer
legi
slati
vedi
str
ict

Muni
ci
pal
Off
ici
als Of
fi
ceoft
heMuni
cipal
Elect
ionOf
fi
cer

Memberoft
hePar
li
amentoft
he
Of
fi
ceoft
heRegi
onal
Elect
ionDi
rect
or
BARMM

ON 37.Repor
SECTI t
soft heCert
if
icat
esofCandi
dacyRecei
ved.–
TheHeadoft
heRecei
vingOff
iceshal
l
:

a.PrintaLi stofAspi rantsasent eredint herecordbook,aff

ixa
signaturethereonandsubmi ti
tinPDFf ormat
, t
ot heCommissi
on
through t he Law Depar t
ment v ia electronic mail at
l
aw. coc@comel ec.
gov.ph, not later than October 9, 2021
(Saturday);and
 Page31of31

b.Using t
he program and formatpr ovi
ded by t
he Informat
ion
Technol
ogyDepartment(
ITD),encodethecandi
dates’i
nformat
ion
andsavethedatabaseandgener at
edrepor
tsintwo( 2)compact
di
scs(CDs).

TheHeadoft heRecei
vi
ngOffi
ceshal
lmakesur
ethatt
hecandi
dat
e’s
i
nfor
mationencodedintheCDsar
eaccurat
eandcomplet
easstat
edinthe
COCofthecandidate.

SECTI ON 38.Del i
very and Di st
ributi
on oft he Repor
ts on the
Certi
fi
cat esofCandidacyRecei ved.– TheRecor dBook,Certi
fi
edListof
Candidates,CDsandor i
ginalcopiesoftheCOCswi thdocumentaryst
amp
af
fixedt her
eon,andCONAsshal l,notl
aterthanOctober15,2021(Fri
day)
,
bedeliveredanddist
ri
butedasf oll
ows:

From/Offi
ce Posi
ti
on To
Concer
ned

Regional El
ect
ion Member of t he House of LawDepar
tment
Dir
ector-NCR Representat
ivesforposit
ionsin
the legi
slat
ive di
str
ict
si nt he
NCR

El
ect
ionOf
fi
cer
/s– Allposit
ions except Member,LawDepar
tment
NCR House of Represent
ati
ves for
posi
ti
ons i n t he legi
slat
ive
di
str
ict
sintheNCR

Regional Elect
ion Al
l elect
ive posi
ti
ons i
n LawDepar
tment
Dir
ector-Regi
onIX ZamboangaCit
y

Regional Elect
ion Al
lelect
ive posi
ti
ons i
n Dav
ao LawDepar
tment
Dir
ector-Regi
onXI City

Regional Elect
ion Memberoft
hePar
li
amentoft
he LawDepar
tment
Dir
ector-BARMM BARMM

Provi
ncial El
ect
ion Al
lposi
ti
onswi
thi
nthei
rar
eaof LawDepar
tment
Supervi
sor/
s j
uri
sdi
cti
on
 Page32of32

TheERSDshall
,onthesamedeliv
erydat
e,l
i
kewi
serecei
veacopyof
theCerti
fi
edLi
stsofCandi
dates,
secondcopyoft
heCOCsandCONAsand
one(1)CD.

Theremaini
ngthree(
3)copi
esoft
heCOCsandCONAsshal
lbe
r
etai
nedbytheRecei
vi
ngOff
ice.

SECTION39.Wi t
hdrawalofCerti
fi
cateofCandidacy.–Anyaspirant
maypersonal
l
yfi
le,atanyti
mebef oreElect
ionDayandsubjecttoSection
40her
eof,aswor
nSt at
ementofWi thdr
awal,inf
ive(
5)origi
nalcopi
es,with
theOf
fi
cewheret
heCOCi sfi
l
ed.

NoSt
atementofWit
hdr
awalfi
l
edbyapersonot
herthant
heaspi
rant
ori
ffi
l
edbymail
,el
ectr
oni
cmail
,orf
acsi
mil
eshal
lbeaccept
ed.

TheRegionalEl
ecti
onDirect
or,Pr
ovinci
alEl
ecti
onSuper
v i
sor,orthe
Electi
onOffi
cerconcerned,uponthereceiptoftheswornStatementof
Wi t
hdrawal
,shallnoti
fytheLaw Departmentthr
oughelect
ronicmai lat
l
aw. coc@comelec.
gov.
phinPDFf ormatofthesai
dwi t
hdr
awal,stat
ingthe
foll
owing:

a.Nameoft
hewi
thdr
awi
ngaspi
rant
;

b.Posi
ti
onaspi
redf
or;

c.Nomi
nat
ingPPorCoal
i
tionofPP,
ifany
;and

d.Nameoft
hesubst
it
ute,
ifany
.

Onthesameday ,t
heRecei
vi
ngOf fi
cershallimmediat
elyforwar
dto
t
heLaw Depart
ment,two(2)ori
ginalcopi
esoft heswornSt at
ementof
Wit
hdr
awal.TheLaw Depar
tmentshall
,intur
n,forwardtheothercopyto
t
heERSD.

TheRecei
vi
ngOf f
icershallr
etainthet
hree(
3)r
emai
ningcopi
esof
t
heswornStat
ementofWi t
hdrawalforfi
l
e.

Thefil
ingofaswor nStat
ementofWi t
hdr
awalofaCOCshal lnot
aff
ectwhateverci
vi
l,cr
imi
naloradmini
str
ati
veli
abi
li
tyanaspi
rantmay
havei
ncur
red.
 Page33of33

TheLawDepar t
menti saut
horizedtoactonal lswornStat
ementsof
Wit
hdr awalandsubsti
tut
ionofaspirantsf orl
ocalposit
ion.Al
lact
ionsof
t
heLaw Depar t
mentshal lremai
nv al
id and ef
fecti
veunlessotherwi
se
r
eversedorsetasidebytheCommi ssion.

Al
lswor
nStat
ementsofWi
thdr
awalandsubst
it
utionofaspi
rant
sfor
nati
onalposi
ti
onsshal
lbesubmitt
ed t
ot heCommi on EnBanc f
ssi or
resol
uti
on.

Asampl
efor
m oft
heSt
atementofWi
thdr
awali
sher
etoat
tachedas
Annex“
N”.

SECTION40.Subst it
utionofAspi r
ants/Offici
alCandi datesinCase
ofDeat h,Di
squal
if
icati
onorWi t
hdr awalofAnot her.–Anaspi rant
/off
icial
candidateofadulyr egi
steredPPorCoal i
tionwhodi es,withdrawsori s
disqual
ifi
edforanycauseaf terthel astdayf ort
hef il
i
ngofCOCsmaybe
substit
utedbyanaspi r
ant/offi
cialcandidat
ebel ongingt o,andnomi nated
by,thesamePPorCoal i
ti
on.

Nosubst
it
uteshal
lbeal
l
owedf
oranyi
ndependentcandi
dat
e.

Thesubst it
uteofanaspirantwhodied,wit
hdr
ew hiscandi
dacy
,or
wasdi squal
i
f i
ed mayf i
lea COC fortheOf f
iceaf
fect
ed on orbefor
e
November15,2021( Monday)sothatt
henameoft hesubst
it
utewil
lbe
r
efl
ectedont heoffi
ci
albal
lot
s.

Nosubst
it
uti
onduet
owi
thdr
awalshal
lbeal
lowedaf
terNov
ember
15,
2021.

Thesubst
ituteforanaspi
rant
/candi
datewhodiedorwasdisqual
ifi
ed
byf i
nalj
udgment ,mayfil
eaCOCupt omi d-
dayofElect
ionDay;Prov
ided
that,t
hesubsti
tuteandt hesubst
it
utedaspir
ant
/candi
datehavethesame
surnames.

Ifthedeathordi squal
i
ficationshouldoccurbetweent hedaybefore
theel
ecti
onandmi d-dayofElectionDay,thesubsti
tut
emayf i
leaCOCwi th
anyoftheEl
ectoralBoard,El
ectionOffi
cer,Pr
ovinci
alElect
ionSuper
visoror
 Page34of34

RegionalElecti
onDir
ector
,ast hecasemaybe,i nthepol
it
icalsubdiv
isi
on
wheretheper soni
sacandidate, orint
hecaseofacandi
dateforPresi
dent,
VicePresidentandSenator,witht heLaw Depar
tment
;Providedthat,t
he
substi
tuteandsubsti
tut
edcandi datehavet
hesamesurnames.

COVID19PREVENTI
VEMEASURES,
HEALTHANDSAFETY
PROTOCOLSDURINGTHEFILI
NGOFCERTIFI
CATEOFCANDI
DACY

SECTION 41.Li miti

n-personPr esenceattheReceivi
ngOf fi
ce.–
Dur
ing the fi
li
ng of COC/ CONA and Cer ti
fi
cat
e of Nominati
on and
Cer
tif
icat
eofAccept anceofNomi nat
ion,theCommi ssi
onshallli
mitin-
per
son presence i
nt he recei
ving of
fices orvenue f
orfil
i
ng to all
ow
phy
sical/
soci
aldist
ancingofatleastsi
x( 6)f
eet.

Forthi
spurpose,aspir
ant
sforanyel ecti
veoffi
ceortheirauthori
zed
repr
esentati
vesasthecasemaybe,shal lbeal lowedtobeescor t
edbya
maximum oft wo( 2)personsinthefil
i
ngofCOC/ CONA,subjectt othe
heal
thandsaf et
ymeasur esasher
einsetf ort
h.Provi
dedthataspir
antsfor
the positi
on of Pr esi
dent, Vi
ce-
President and Senat or
s may be
accompaniedbyamaxi mum ofthr
ee(3)per sons.

Forpar ty
-l
istgroups,t
heCert
ifi
catesofNomi nati
onandAccept ance
ofNomi nati
onmaybef il
edbyanyofthef ol
l
owing:Chairperson,Presi
dent
orSecr etary
-Generaloranyauthor
izedRepresent
ativeoft hePP,sect oral
par
ty,or gani
zati
onorCoal i
ti
onandmaybeaccompani edbyone( 1)per
son.
Thepr esenceoft herespecti
venomineesofthepar t
y-l
i
stgr oupsshallnot
berequi red.

Ifast r
icterquaranti
necategoryisimposedinageogr aphi calarea,
thefil
ingofCOC/ CONAandCer tifi
cat
esofNomi nat
ionandAccept anceof
Nomi nationshal lbeanessent i
alacti
vity
,subj
ecttot heguidelinesoft he
IATF-EID.Int hi
scase,t heaspi
rantort heaut
hori
zedr epr
esent ati
v eofthe
aspir
antshal lbeconsi deredauthori
zedpersonoutsideresidence( APOR) ,
provi
dedt hattheaspirantshal
lnotbeal l
owedtobeescor tedbyanyot her
persondur i
ngt hef i
li
ngofCOC/ CONAorCer ti
fi
catesofNomi nati
onand
Accept anceofNomi nati
on.

Anindependentcandidat
e,PPoraccr edi
tedci
ti
zen’
sarm shal
lbe
al
lowedone(1)watchereachwi t
hinthepr
emisesoftheRecei
vi
ngOffi
ce,
subj
ectt
otherul
essetfort
hi nSecti
on35.
 Page35of35

SECTION42.HealthandSafetyRules.–Pursuantt
otheguidel
i
nes
i
ssuedbyt heNati
onalGov
ernment,IATF-
EIDandLocalGov er
nmentUni
t
concerned,thefol
l
owingmeasuresshallbeobservedatallti
mesinthe
fi
li
ngofCOC/ CONA andCerti
fi
cat
esofNomi nat
ionandAcceptanceof
Nomination:

a.Foraspi rantsfort he posit

ions ofPresi
dent,Vice-
Presi
dent,
Senator,RT-PCRtestorantigentestt
akenwithi
nthelasttwenty
-
four(24)hourspriortofi
li
ngofCOC/ CONA,indi
cati
nganegat i
ve
resul
tshallberequir
ed.

The RT-PCR orant

igen t
estshal
lal
so be r
equi
red f
rom t
he
fol
l
owing:

1.Aut
hor
izedr
epr
esent
ati
veoft
heaspi
rant
s;

2.Chair
person, Presi
dent, Secret
ary-
Gener
al or author
ized
repr
esentati
ve of t
he PP,sect oralpart
y,organi
zat
ion or
Coali
ti
onf ort
hepart
y-l
i
stsystem;

3.Compani he(
onsoft i
)aspir sand(
ant ii
)repr
esent
ati
veofthePP,
sect
oral
party
,or
gani
zati
onorCoal
i
tionfort
heparty
-l
istsy
stem,
i
fany;

4.Per
sonnel of the Commissi
on i
n charge of receiv
ing
COCs/CONAsandCerti
fi
cat
esofNominat
ionandAcceptance
ofNominat
ion;

5.TheOrgani
cSecur
it
yForcepersonneloft
heCommi
ssi
on;AFP
andPhi
li
ppi
neNati
onal
Police(
PNP) ;

6.Al
lmedi
aper
sonnel
cov
eri
ngt
heev
ent
.

Exceptforaspi rantswhopr efert ounder goRT- PCR t esti

ngor
anti
gentesti
ngi nt hei
rchosen/ tr
ustedl abor atori
esaccr edit
edby
the Depar t
ment of Heal th ( DOH) , aspi r
ant s and t hei r
companions/escor t
sandal lmedi aper sonnel ,theant igent esting
ofthefoll
owingshal lbeatt heexpenseofandpr ovidedonsi teby
theCommi ssion:( i
)aspi r
ant swhodonoti ntendt ospendf oror
cannotaff
ordant igentesting;(ii
)per sonnel oft heLawDepar tment
andClerkoft heCommi ssioni nchar geofr ecei vi
ngCOCs/ CONAs
andCerti
fi
catesofNomi nati
onandAccept anceofNomi nati
on; (iii
)
Chair
man’sandCommi ssioner s’Of fi
cesPer sonnel ;(i
v)Of ficeof
the DeputyExecut ive Directorf orAdmi ni strati
on ( ODEDA) ;( v)
EventsCommi t
tee;(vi
)Admi nistrati
veSer vicesDepar t
ment( ASD) ;
(vi
i
) Education and I nformat ion Depar tment ( EID) Ov ersight
Page36of36

Per
sonnel
;and(
vii
i
)AFPandPNPSecur
it
yPer
sonnel
.

Anti
gentest
ingshallbedoneinaspacenearther eceivi
ngoff
ice/
venueforf
il
ing.Anypersonwit
houtnegati
veant
igent est
ingr
esult
shall
notbeallowedaccessi
ntherecei
vingof
fi
ce/v enueforf
il
ing.

b.Allpersonsshallber equi
redtowearwell-
fit
tingmasks(sur
gical
mask,N95,KN95)t hatcomplet
elycovertheirnoseandmout h;
andf aceshieldsatal lti
mes,whileinsi
det hepremisesofthe
recei
vingoff
ice/venueforfi
li
ng.

Personsweari
ngclothmasks,withorwithoutfi
l
ter,aswellas
maskswithval
vesshal
lnotbeall
owedinsi
dethepremises,
unl
ess
ther
eisanot
herlay
erofsur
gical
mask,N95orKN95.

Physi
cal
/soci
aldist
anci
ngwi
thi
nthepr
emi
sesshal
lli
kewi
sebe
st
ri
ctl
yobserved.

TheCOVI D19Mar shalshallcallt

heattent
ionofanypersonf
ound
i
nv iol
ati
onoft heforegoingandshal lbeaskedtost r
ict
lyf
oll
ow
theguideli
nes.Anyper sonwhof ai
l
st oabidetheret
oshallbe
request
edtoleavethepremi ses.

c.Allper sons ent

ering the r
ecei
ving of
fice/v
enue forf i
l
ing shal
l
saniti
zet heirhandsand passt hr
ough t hef ootbath.Fort his
purpose,t heheadoft herecei
vi
ngof f
iceshal lsetupsani tat
ion
faci
lit
iessuchasf ootbathandhandsani t
ationst at
ionsatt he
entranceoft hereceivi
ngoffi
ceandinsuchot herareaswi t
hinthe
premises.

Further
,t hereceivingof f
iceshallli
mitt henumberofaspi rants
enteri
ngt hev enuef ort
hef il
ingofCOC/ CONAandCer t
if
icat
esof
Nomi nati
on and Accept ance of Nomi nation, t
aking i nto
considerati
onamongot hers,thespace,physicalset
-uporl ayout
ofther ecei
vingar ea,workf orceonagi vendayandt he5:00PM
cut–of fforfi
ling.

d.Al
lpersonsshal
lbesubjectedtoheal
thchecksincl
udi
ngbutnot
l
imit
edt otemper
aturescreeni
ngandaccomplishmentofHeal
th
Decl
arat
ionFor
mi ssuedbytheCommissi
on.

Any per son i

ntendi
ng t o enter the venue f or the f
il
ing of
COC/ CONA and Certif
icat
esofNomi nati
onand Accept anceof
Nomi nati
on,whoregist
ersabodyt emperat
ur eof37.5Candabov e
shallnotbeall
owedt oenterthev enueyet,andshallbeadvisedto
take a restforf i
ve( 5)mi nutes before anothert emperat
ure
screening shal
lbe conduct ed. Ift he temperaturer emains
 Page37of37

unchanged,suchpersonshallnotbeallowedt
oenterthev enue
andshal lbeendorsedtothel ocalhealt
hoff
icerconcer
nedi n
accordancewit
hSection44hereof
.

Incaseaper sonintendingt oenterthev enuet ofi

l
eaCOC/ CONA
orCer ti
ficat
esofNomi nati
onandAccept anceofNomi nati
onis
showi nganyoft hesy mptomsf orCOVI D19oranswer edanyofthe
quest i
onsi ntheHeal thDecl ar
ati
onFor m wi thYES,suchperson
shallnotbeal lowedt oent erthev enueandshal lbeendorsedto
thelocalheal t
hof fi
cerconcer nedi naccordancewi t
hSecti
on44
hereof.Foraspi r
antwi t
h COVI D19 sy mpt oms,the aut
hori
zed
representati
veoft heaspi r
antmayf il
etheCOC/ CONAbeforethe
expirati
onoft heperiodf orthefil
ingthereof,subj
ecttotheheal
th
andsaf etymeasur eshereinsetforth.

TheHeal
thDecl
arat
ionFor
misat
tachedasAnnex“
O”.

e.Al
lpersonspermi tt
edt o entertherecei
vingoff
ice/v
enueshal l
st
ri
ctl
yf ol
l
ow allsafet
yandheal t
hmeasuresimposedher ein,as
wel
las t hose imposed by t he Bui
ldi
ng wheret he receivi
ng
of
fi
ce/venue f
orf il
ing i
sl ocated,t
he IATF-
EID and the Local
Gover
nmentUnitconcerned.

f
.Al laspir
antsandauthori
zedrepresentati
vesofpar
ty-
li
stgr
oups
shal
lbr i
ngt hei
rownpensdur ingt hef i
li
ngofCOC/CONA and
Cert
ifi
catesofNominat
ionandAccept anceofNomi
nati
on.

g.Inordertoexpedit
et hefil
ingofCOC/ CONAandCer t
ifi
catesof
Nominati
onandAccept anceofNomi nati
onandreducewaittimes,
aspi
rant
sandaut hori
zedrepresent
ativ
esofparty-
li
stgroupsshall
ensuret
hatal
linf
ormat i
oninthecerti
fi
catesar
eproperl
yfil
led-
out;

h.Allaspir
antsandaut horizedrepresentati
vesofpar t
y-l
istgroups
shalli
mmedi at
elyl
eavet hepremisesoft her ecei
vingoffice/v
enue
aftert
hef i
l
ingofCOC/ CONAandCer t
ifi
catesofNomi nationand
Acceptance ofNomi nat i
on.Any one seen l oit
ering wi t
hinthe
premisesshall
bedirectedt ol
eaveatonce.

i
.Ev er
yoneshallbeencouragedtoobser veheal
thyhygiene(i.
e.,
hand hygi
ene and respi
rat
ory et
iquette)to maint
ain healt
hy
envi
ronment wit
hin the premises/venue for the fili
ng of
COC/CONA and Cert
ifi
cat
esofNomi nat i
onand Acceptanceof
Nominati
on.

Thepert
inentr
ecei
vi
ngof
fi
cesshal
lensur
est
ri
ctcompl
iancewit
hall
t
heaf
orement
ionedheal
thandsaf
etyprot
ocol
ssubj
ecttoexist
ingr
ules
 Page38of38

andr
egul
ati
onsoft
heI
ATF-
EIDandt
heLocal
Gov
ernmentUni
tconcer
ned.

SECTI ON43.Responsi bil

it
yoft heReceivingOf fices.–Atl easttwo
(2)weeksbef or
et hestartoftheper iodforthef il
ingofCOC/ CONAand
Certif
icatesofNomi nati
onandAccept anceofNomi nat ion,theHeadoft he
receiving off
ice shallcoordinate wi t
ht he IATF- EID and t he Local
Gov ernmentUnitconcer nedthrought heLocalHeal thOf ficef orphy si
cal
assessment ,eval
uat i
onandi nspecti
onoft her eceiv i
ngof f
ice/venuef or
fi
li
ngt oensurethatthemi ni
mum healthandsaf etyst andar dsar einplace.

Relat
ivetot he pr
ecedi
ng pr
ovi
sion,t
he Recei
vi
ng Of
fi
cermust
under
takethef
oll
owing:

a.I
nstall
ati
onofphy si
calbarr
ier
sorpar ti
tionssuchasglass/acr
yli
c
window/plast
icsheetsf
ortheprocessing,eval
uati
onandreceiv
ing
of all COCs/ CONAs and Cer t
if
icates of Nomi nati
on and
AcceptanceofNomi nat
ionbytheReceivingOffi
cer.

b.Fr
equentdisi
nfecti
onandsanit
ationoffaci
li
ti
esandequi pment
,
i
ncludi
ngchai
rsandt abl
esandthosefr
equentl
ytouchedsurf
aces
wi
thinther
eceivi
ngarea.

c.Desi
gnateaqueui
ngorwai
ti
ngareas,wit
hhi ghl
yvisi
blemar
kings
onthefl
oor
sandchai
rs,
toensur
esix(6)feetapart
.

d.Postsignsinhighlyvisibleareasint herecei
vi
ngof fi
cesthatshal
l
promoteprotecti
vemeasur essuchaspr operweari
ngofmaskand
faceshiel
d,physical
/soci aldist
ancingandwashi ngofhands.The
foregoi
ngnoticesshal lli
kewi sebepost edont hebullet
inboards
orstrat
egi
clocationswi thinthereceivi
ngoffi
ces/venueforfi
li
ng.

e.Deviseandadoptsuchothermeasur
esasmaydeem necessary
to promotethe heal
th and saf
ety of al
lper
sonnelof the
Commi ssi
onandt
hepubli
c.

SECTI ON44.COVI D19Mar shal

,Functions.-COVID19Mar shalshal
l
bedeployedi nallr
ecei
vingoff
icestoensureanor der
lyf
il
ingofCOC/ CONA
andCer t
if
icatesofNomi nat
ionandAccept anceofNomi nati
on,taki
nginto
consi
derationt hestri
ctobservanceoft heheal thand safet
ypr ot
ocols
herei
nsetf ort
h.

TheCOVI
D19Marshalshal
lcol
l
ateallHeal
thDeclar
ationFor
msand
shal
lkeept
hesamef
oraper iodoff
ourt
een(14)days.Afterthel
apseof
 Page39of39

four
teen( 14)day s,theHealthDecl ar
ationFormsshal lbedi sposedofi n
accordancewithlaw.I fanyquestionsaskedintheHeal thDeclarati
onForm
i
sanswer edwi t
hYESort heper sonisshowingsy mptomsf orCOVI D19,the
COVID19 Mar shalshal lcoordinatewi ththel ocalHealth Officeoft he
concernedLocal GovernmentUni tandendorsedt hepersonforpr opercare.
TheHeal t
hDecl arati
onFor m oft hepersonwithCOVI D19sy mpt omsshal l
l
ikewisebet r
ansmi tt
edt othelocalHealthOff
ice.

SECTION 45.DeploymentofAFP/ PNP,Secur i

tyandAssi st
ance.–
The Commi ssi
on mayseek assi stance fr
om t he AFP and/orPNP,i n
coordi
nati
onwiththeI ATF-EID,inmanni ngthepr emisesofther ecei
vi
ng
off
icesduri
ngthef i
l
ingofCOC/ CONAandCer t
if
icatesofNomi nati
onand
AcceptanceofNomi nation.TheAFP and/ orPNP shal lbedepl oyedas
COVID19f r
ontl
i
nersandpat roll
erswi t
hinthereceivi
ngoffi
cesorv enuefor
fi
li
ngtoensurecompliancewi t
hallthehealthandsaf et
ymeasures.

SECTI ON 46. Changes in Procedures and Pr

otocols.– The
gui
delinesherei
nsetforthmaybemodi f
ieddependi
ngont herulest
obe
i
ssuedbyt henati
onalgovernment,I
ATF-EIDandLocalGov er
nmentUnit
concernedduet osuperveni
ngcircumstancesbeyondthecont r
olofthe
Commi ssi
on.

COMMONPROVI
SIONS

SECTION 47.Forms.– Allf

ormsment ionedherei
nar eavail
ableat
theCOMELECOf fi
ces,fr
eeofchar
ge,andmaybephot ocopied,
reproduced
ordownl
oadedfrom theCOMELECoffici
alwebsieatwww.
t comelec.
gov.ph.

SECTION48.Compli
ancewi t
ht heDat
aPri
vacyActof2012andits
ImplementingRul
esandRegulat
ions.–theCommissi
onshal
lensur
ethat
alli
tsprocedur
esarecompl
iantwiththeDat
aPri
vacyActof2012andits
I
mpl
ement
ingRul
esandRegul
ati
ons.

ON 49.Ef
SECTI f
ecti
vity.– Thi
sResol
uti
onshallt
akeeffectont
he
seventhdayaft
erit
spublicationintwo(2)dai
lynewspaper
sofgeneral
ci
rculat
ioni
nthePhi
li
ppi
nes.

SECTION50.Publicati
onandDi sseminati
on.–TheEI Dshallcause
thepubl
icat
ionoft
hisResol ut
ioni
nt wo(2)dailynewspapersofgener al
cir
cul
ati
oninthePhil
ippinesandfurnishcopiesofthi
sResol ut
iontoal l
 Page40of40

f
iel
dof
fi
ci
alsoft
heCommi
ssi
on.

SOORDERED.

SHERI
FFM.ABAS

Chai
rman

MA.ROWENAAMELI
AV.GUANZON SOCORROB.I
NTI
NG
Commi
ssi
oner Commi
ssi
oner

MARLONS.CASQUEJO ANTONI
OT.KHO,
JR.
Commi
ssi
oner Commi
ssi
oner

AI
MEEP.FEROLI
NO
Commi
ssi
oner

CERTI
FICATI
ON

APPROVED byt heCommi ssionEnBancdur ingt her egul

aronl i
ne
meetingonAugust18,2021,pur suantt oCOMELEC RESOLUTI ON NO.
10671,promul
gat edJune9,2020,ent it
led:“
Supplement alResoluti
ont o
COMELEC Resolut ion 9936 Promul gat
ed March 25,2015,Rul e on the
EnactmentandPr omul gat
ionofExecut i
v eorAdmi nist
rati
veResol ut
ions
provi
ding f
orot herf ormatof meet i
ngs toi ncl
ude onl i
ne meet ings
appl
icabl
ei ntimes of COVI D-19 pandemi c and t he impositi
on of
Communi t
yQuarant inesandsimil
aremer gencysi
tuations”.

ATTY.CONSUELOB.DIOLA
Act
ingComel
ecSecr
etar
y