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Bets given five days to file bids

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The Commission on Elections gave aspirants to elective posts in the May 2016 polls five days in October to file their certificates of candidacy.

The body, during its regular en banc meeting last week, set the filing of the COCs from October 12 to 16.

Existing party-list groups may file their manifestation of intent of participation on May 8.

On the other hand, new political parties, party-list organizations, and coalitions also have until May 8 to file their application for registration.

Meanwhile, President Benigno Aquino III has signed into law a measure postponing the Sangguniang Kabataan elections to October next year.

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Republic Act No. 10656 will synchronize the SK polls with the barangay elections on October 26, 2016.

This is the second time the SK elections have been postponed after it was also deferred in 2013.

Comelec earlier scheduled the SK polls on April 25 pending the President’s approval of the postponement.

An offshoot of the Kabataang Barangay, the SKwas designed to engage the youth in community affairs but critics have observed that it has become a breeding ground for political dynasties.

Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has already filed a measure seeking to prevent elected officials from having their children elected ex-officio members in the SK polls.

Marcos is also pushing to increase of age of the qualified SK applicants.

“Increasing the age of SK officials from 15-17 years of age to 18-24 years old would provide them with the necessary training to professionalize their skills and enable the youth to be more accountable for their actions,” the senator said.

Marcos said elected SK officials would also be provided with more training programs to “professionalize their service and make sure that they would serve not on the basis of bloodline or affinity but because of a dedication to serve.”

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