LIST: Individuals, groups that filed COCs on first day for 2022 national elections
The Harbor Garden Tent at Sofitel hotel in Pasay City where aspirants for national posts in the 2022 elections will file their certificates of candidacy or COCs from October 1-8, 2021. INQUIRER.net/John Eric Mendoza
MANILA, Philippines — Election season officially started in the country, as the filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) kicked off on Friday.
The earliest to lodge a COC was Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda who showed up at 8 a.m. at the Harbor Garden Tent at Sofitel hotel in Pasay City.
Senator Manny Pacquiao and Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza came in an hour later to formalize their bids for president and vice president in next year’s polls. The tandem was running under the alliance of PDP-Laban and PROMDI.
Senator Risa Hontiveros as well as Sorsogon Gov. Francis “Chiz” Escudero have likewise made their Senate return official.
Living up to its label was AGAP Partylist, which was the first partylist to file a COC on Friday. “Agap” is a Filipino word that connotes promptness.
Other individuals and partylist groups that lodged their COC on the first day of filing were:
President
Manny Pcquiao Dave Aguila Dr. Jose Montemayor Ley Ordenes Edmundo Rubi Lurencio Jun Yulaga
Vice President
Lito Atienza Rochelle David Alexander Lague
Senator
Loren Legarda Chiz Escudero Risa Hontiveros Lutgardo Barbo Abner Afuang Bay Melanie Esmael Normal Marquez Bertito del Mundo Risa Hontiveros Romeo Plasquita Samuel Sanchez Baldomero Falcone Phil Delos Reyes Ziegfred “Tapzlord” Giron
Partylist
Agap Partylist Kabayan Partylist An-Waray PL Diwa PL Pilipinas para sa Pinoy Alona Democratic Workers Assoc. Toda Cancer PL People’s Volunteer Against Illegal Drugs Patriotic Coalition of Marginalized Nationals INC (1-PACMAN) ACT-CIS MARINO Ako Tanod Ang Probinsyano PBA COOP-NATCCO
The Commission on Elections said the filing of COCs for the 2022 national elections will run from October 1-8.
