The Commission on Elections will release the final list of candidates for the 2019 national and local elections on Dec. 17 to 21, Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said Sunday.
“The Comelec has announced that the release date for the final list of candidates for [the 2019 national and local elections] has been moved to the latter half of next week,” Jimenez told GMA News Online in a text message.
He said this was to “allow pending issues related to several candidacies to be settled, without negatively impacting the final contents of the 2019 ballot.”
He said that would not adversely affect the schedule of the commission’s activities related to the coming elections.
The Comelec began accepting certificates of candidacy on Oct. 11 and continued to do so until Oct. 17.
Substitute candidates for the candidates who withdrew their candidacy, who died or were disqualified by final judgment were allowed to file their CoCs from Oct. 18 to Nov. 29.
On Friday, the Commission showed reporters and election stakeholders how the software system to be used in the 2019 elections is assembled and programmed as part of its preparations for the polls.
The election period for the midterm elections will start on Jan. 13, 2019.
