A total of 205 aspirants for national positions in the May 2016 polls have been declared nuisance candidates by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

According to Comelec Chairman Juan Andres Bautista, based on the decisions of the polls body’s First and Second Divisions, the moto propio petitions filed by the law department against the certificates of candidacy (COC) of 100 presidential, nine vice presidential and 96 senatorial aspirants have been granted.

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