Candidates in the 2016 national elections should resign from their incumbent elective posts right after filing their certificates of candidacy (COC) two weeks from now.
Buhay Hayaang Yumabong party-list Rep. Joselito Atienza made the call on Thursday since, he said, existing election laws allow incumbent senators elected in a mid-term elections to run for Vice President or President and return to their previous post as senators and finish their term if they lose their bid for higher office.
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