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00:00It's day 3 of the signing of the Certificate of Candidacy.
00:03We will talk to the chairman of Hotel Tent City, Comelec, George Erwin Garcia.
00:08Good morning and welcome again to Balitang Hali.
00:14Good morning Sir Rafi and good morning to our fellow countrymen.
00:17Good morning. Unlike the past few days, COC and CONA have not signed yet.
00:22When did Comelec expect to sign?
00:31Sir Rafi, I'm sorry, it's a bit messy.
00:33But you know, this is the third day of our filing of the Certificate of Candidacy.
00:37In the past two days, we had 5,407 filers from all over the Philippines.
00:44And today is the third day, it's a bit slow.
00:46Since 8 in the morning, a lot of people have been coming here, especially the party-list.
00:51Now, the filing of Senator Bato de la Rosa and Senator Bong Go is ongoing.
00:58A while ago, Senator Grace was here to file his son, who is the No. 1 nominee of a party-list,
01:07who will participate in the party-list election.
01:09So far, so good Sir Rafi for our filing of the Certificate of Candidacy.
01:14And it's very quiet in the whole country.
01:16Chairman, is there a fixed number of filers?
01:19Or how many senators will file today compared to the past?
01:23As of now, the number of filers for this third day is expected, Sir Rafi.
01:37Compared to the past, it's a bit high.
01:41But this is what we expect because some people, Sir Rafi,
01:45of course, believe in Fonsoy.
01:47Others believe in pamahiin.
01:50Others are waiting, Sir Rafi, as to why they are not able to file their candidacy.
01:56What they are doing is, they are waiting to know who will file their candidacy in the local positions.
02:02But again, it's expected that the number will not be that high.
02:06We expect that this day, Sir Rafi, it will suddenly increase until the next days.
02:11Especially, Sir Rafi, if it's not Saturday or Sunday, the number of people who will file their candidacy is high.
02:16In other places, we don't monitor areas that we think are areas of concern.
02:23As of now, we don't do that because the PNP's report has a zero crime rate
02:29in the places where the filing of the certificates of candidacy is.
02:34That's good because even in the filing of the candidacy,
02:37there are places that are already in trouble in the filing.
02:40Once the COC and CONAN will finish all the aspirants, what will be the next thing that COMELEC will do?
02:50Sir Rafi, of course, we will look at who can be declared a nuisance candidate.
02:55Everyone will remember that COMELEC has the power to vote on their own
02:59or we will be the ones to disqualify or cancel the candidacy of a candidate
03:04because it's just a nuisance or there is no intention to run for public office.
03:08That's why in running for public office, it's just a nuisance because our countrymen want to confuse us
03:15because of the same name.
03:18That's why, you know, 15 minutes of fame can be interviewed, can be talked about, can be photographed.
03:25But for us, again, we repeat this, Sir Rafi, we will not cancel the candidacy because a candidate is poor,
03:32because he has no money, because the basis of being a nuisance candidate should not be like that.
03:40You mentioned the nuisance candidate.
03:42You also mentioned that 15 minutes of fame can be interviewed by others.
03:45But others are really serious and there are platforms.
03:48What are the precautions to declare a nuisance candidate, especially a senator?
03:58Thank you, Sir Rafi.
03:59You know, the Supreme Court has made a lot of decisions where the Commission on Elections has given guidance.
04:04But there is one thing that the law is saying, making a mockery of the electoral process.
04:12It means that our process is being done as a joke.
04:16We will see that when you are interviewed, it's a nuisance.
04:20But again, those who are really serious, there are platforms, there are political parties, even if they don't have money.
04:26Sir Rafi, we will allow that because you know, campaigning in our country is different now.
04:31This is not like before where you have to go one by one, all the barangays, all the towns.
04:37Here now, even social media, you can campaign.
04:39And therefore, you should not be disqualified because of the lack of resources to go to different parts of our country.
04:49Okay, let's wait for the increase of people like the COC on the last day of the filing of the Certificates of Candidacy.
04:57Thank you very much for your time on Balitang Halim.
05:02Thank you very much, Sir Rafi. Long live to you.
05:04Long live to you, Comrade Chairman George Erwin Garcia.
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