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Tuesday, December 16, 2003
12 individuals file candidacy for president
A SALESMAN, a businessman and a Marcos loyalist are among 12 aspirants seeking the presidency as they filed their candidacy with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Monday.
Their candidacy, however, may be rejected by the Comelec for being a "nuisance."
Article 9, Sec. 69 of the Omnibus Election Code on a nuisance candidate states that the Comelec may outright or upon a verified petition of an interested party, "refuse to give due course to or cancel a certificate of candidacy if it is shown that the certificate has been filed to put the election process in mockery or disrepute or to cause confusion among the voters by the similarity of the names of the registered candidates or by other circumstances or acts which clearly demonstrate that the candidate has no bona fide intention to run for the office for which the certificate of candidacy has been filed and thus prevent a faithful determination of the true will of the electorate."
An information technology salesman was the first to file his COC for president. Leopoldo Salud, 47, from Sun Valley Subdivision in Paranaque City filed his COC at 9:10 a.m.
Businessman Eddie Gil of the Partido Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa party was the second presidential aspirant who filed his candidacy for president 30 minutes after Salud submitted his.
Both said they want to end the country's economic problems by instituting reforms in the bureaucracy, which has been riddled with graft and corruption.
Luisito Bacani, claiming to be cousin of controversial Bishop Teodoro Bacani, is running for president and that his runningmate would be Ilocos Rep. Imee Marcos. He said they will run under the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) party.
Bacani said government platform includes legalization of jueteng, which would creates job and address the unemployment problem in the country.
"Through jueteng, we are creating an unlimited job opportunities. Ito ang katugunan sa apat na milyong jobless Filipinos (This is the answer for the 4 million jobless Filipinos), Bacani's scheme 60 percent of the total collection will go to the collector, 30 percent for the winning bet and 10 percent will be given to the local government. Walang
kapitalistang magpapalakad tulad ni Atong Ang (No capitalist like (Estrada crony) Atong Ang will run this," Bacani told reporters.
Should he be elected president, Bacani said he will impose tax on the Catholic Church and other religious denominations and will transfer Malacaņang Palace and all foreign diplomatic offices from Manila to Clark Air Base to shield them from terrorist attacks.
Another candidate for president, German Tupaz Valladarez, said he will change the country's currency from peso to Philippine dollar to counter the impact of the peso's depreciation against the US dollar.
President Arroyo is not the only woman seeking the presidency. Salve Bush, 47, from Angono, Rizal, is gunning for the highest post of the country as she claimed that she is the official candidate of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP)-United Opposition.
Comelec Commissioner Rufino Javier said nine candidates have submitted their COC for president.
On the other hand, former radio announcer Melchor Chavez is running for the Senate running under the KBL banner.
Chavez said he would draft laws to help the economy grow by pursuing an "agri-industrial economic development strategy."
Chavez said he plans "to remove barriers to domestic and foreign competition by providing support to medium-scale enterprises through market research, technology transfer, skills training ad financing and pledge to bolster the infrastructure projects such as farm to market roads, particularly in the underdeveloped rural communities and accelerate privatization of government enterprises."
Others who are vying for president are Ricardo Daniac, Antolin Garcia, Victor Paul and Bartolome Padilla. Jose Geronimo Jopson, 36, of Bacoor, Cavite is running for senator.
Comelec earlier said they expect around 250,000 to 450,000 individuals to file their COC for 12,500 local and national posts up for grabs in the May 10, 2004 elections.
The deadline of the filing of COC is on Jan. 2, 2004. Marie Neri
(December 16, 2003 issue)
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