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Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has joined other senators in seeking to amend the law governing the substitution of candidates for the national and local elections to prevent abuses in the country’s election processes. In filing Senate Bill No. 2461, De Lima said substitution due to withdrawal...

Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros said Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s recent withdrawal from the Davao City’s mayoral race really “sounds familiar.” Hontiveros said she finds it similar to what President Duterte—then Davao City mayor—pulled off during the May 2016 national...

Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday expressed his support to proposals removing withdrawal as one of the grounds for the substitution of a candidate. Pacquiao, who is running for president under the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) faction of Sen. Aquilino...

The Makabayan bloc underscored the urgency of enacting a bill that would prohibit the substitution of candidates due to withdrawal as its members filed its own legislative proposal on Friday, Oct. 15. Makabayan bloc2 The six-man progressive bloc in the Lower House assailed reported plans of certain...