A party-list lawmaker on Saturday backed the Commission on Elections’ (COMELEC) move to ban candidacy substitution due to voluntary withdrawal after the filing of Certificate of Candidacy (COC).
Rep. Eddie Villanueva of CIBAC party-list group made the statement as Comelec Chairman George Garcia, at a news conference in Iloilo, said he would propose the ban to the Comelec en banc for its approval.
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