CABANATUAN CITY, NUEVA ECIJA: The province’s 28,495 candidates for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections have started undergoing drug test as part of their commitment in the recently held peace covenant for the May 14 polls.

Ferdinand Abesamis, Penaranda town mayor and president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) in Nueva Ecija, however, clarified that because of the constitutional issue it could either be voluntary or mandatory for all candidates if only to prove their sincerity to serve their communities.

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