The National Youth Commission (NYC) on Wednesday said it will try to appeal to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend the filing period for certificates of candidacy if the expected number of CoC to be filed does not match the 300,000 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK or Youth Council) positions nationwide.

According to NYC Assistant Secretary Rhea Peñaflor, only 39,180 registrants had filed their CoC for the SK elections as of April 16.

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