AS far as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is concerned, the names of candidates on the supposed "narco list" of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has no effect on one's candidacy.
"Our position has never wavered. Give us the list if you have it, release it... but it will not really affect the qualification of the candidate because the narco list is not a final conviction," said Comelec spokesman James Jimenez in a press briefing on Monday.
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