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DUMAGUETE CITY: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Dumaguete
has started receiving, although in trickles, certificates of
candidacy (CoCs) for various positions in the coming Sangguniang
Kabataan and Barangay elections.
Less than 30 people have so far filed CoCs for
the position of barangay kagawad, village chief, sangguniang
kabataan chairman and SK councilor in Dumaguete, with the start of
the filing period on Saturday, September 29.
The city Comelec office, in the meantime, has
announced it will not entertain submission of COCs on weekends as it
cushioned prospective candidates to refrain from beating the
deadline on October 18.
Inday Canares of the city Comelec office said
candidates are required to present drug test results from
duly-accredited testing centers, a residence certificate, two ID
pictures and documentary stamps.
New faces are expected to surface in the
barangay councils this year as 15 village chiefs in Dumaguete are no
longer eligible for re-election, having completed their final terms.
Jose Quitay, chairman of Barangay Piapi here,
however, denied reports that he is no longer qualified to run for
re-election.
He said he is still allowed one term and
promised developments in Piapi if given yet another mandate by the
people.
On the other hand, the chairman of Barangay
Bagacay, Vincent Perigua, is running for the position of barangay
kagawad this year.
He said that he is doing this so he can finish
the projects that he had started in his village over the past years
while he was still chairman of Bagacay.
--PNA
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