Philippine polls panel braces for withdrawals, substitutions galore


The Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez. - PDI

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will open its offices on Saturday (Nov 13), to await the “unprecedented” number of withdrawals and substitutions among aspirants for national positions before the Nov 15 deadline.

On Thursday, the Comelec headquarters in Manila began to go live on Facebook, apparently in anticipation of the arrival of aspirants who have to personally file their statements of withdrawal.

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