Once candidates for the 2025 midterms file their candidacy papers, they can no longer engage in premature campaigning, says Comelec Chairman George Garcia
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“We will presume all those who will file their candidacies from October 1 to 8 as candidates already and therefore we will apply the premature campaigning ,” Garcia said during the third National Investigative Journalism Conference hosted by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism on Tuesday, April 30.
Given this policy, the campaign period for national posts only starts in February 2025, creating a four-month gap from the COC filing period.
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