MANILA, Philippines — It is “perhaps” time to regulate the substitution of election aspirants so that it will not be done “on a whim,” the spokesperson of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Wednesday. In an online media briefing, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez noted that substitution of election aspirants is allowed under the law. ADVERTISEMENT“By definition, it cannot be [called] abuse precisely because the law allows it to be done. Note that an independent candidate who withdraws does not have the right of substitution in that particular case,” he said. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy PolicyRead Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 10, 2021 21:38 UTC