IT'S all systems go for today's start of the weeklong filing of certificate of candidacy (CoC), which signals the "unofficial" start of the campaign season leading to the May 12, 2025 synchronized national and local polls, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia, however, clarified that those who will file their CoCs from October 1 to 8 are not yet candidates but just aspirants, adding that "they will only be considered candidates at the start of the campaign season."
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