Eleazar to candidates: Avoid 'fiesta-like' gatherings at CoC filing

By Christian Crow Maghanoy

Oct 01, 2021 1:18 pm

PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar appealed to the candidates in the 2022 elections and their supporters against holding 'fiesta-like' gatherings during the filing of certificates of candidacy (CoC) at Commission on Elections (Comelec) offices amid the surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) due to its more transmissible variants.

Eleazar's appeal comes at the start of the nationwide filing of CoC which started this Friday and will last until Oct. 8, 2021.

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