Comelec disqualifies 63 nuisance candidates

By: Matikas Santos - 12 years ago

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified 63 nuisance candidates and 10 ineligible candidates running for the 2013 national and local elections.

Comelec defines nusiance candidates as those who “(1) put the election process in mockery or disrepute, (2) causes confusion among the voters by the similarity of the names of the registered candidates, (3) have no bona fide intention to run for the office.”

The ineligible candidates were declared as such “due to their failure to meet the age requirement [or because they were not] a registered voter,” Comelec said in their resolution promulgated January 11.

In the list of disqualified candidates, five were running for a seat in the House of Representatives, seven were running as governors in their respective provinces, and 24 were running as mayor in their locality.

The certificates of candidacies of all 73 have been cancelled and their names removed from the Candidates’ Profile System and the Certified List of Candidates for the May 13, 2013 Elections, Comelec said.

1.	Abad, Onofre Estrada	Mayor	City of Manila
2.	Abella, Bert, Leo	Member, S. Panlungsod (2nd Dist.)	Cebu City
3.	Acebedo, Romeo Sanchez	Mayor	Quezon City
4.	Adlawan, Ricardo Nacor	Member, S. Panlungsod (1st Dist.)	Cebu City
5.	Aliangan, Antonio Aguilar	Governor	Province of Isabela
6.	Almera, Jaime A.	Governor	Province of Bulacan
7.	Arenasa, Juan Umacob	Member, HR (1st Dist.)	Cebu City
8.	Bantilo, Allan Dilim	Vice-Mayor	Quezon City
9.	Basbas, Jones C.	Mayor	Sison, Pangasinan
10.	Bersamina, Joel Bicera	Governor	Province of Abra
11.	Bueno, Eustaquio A.	Member, Sangguniang Panlalawigan	1st District Province of Abra
12	Calimag, Sherwin C.	Member, House of Representatives	2nd District, Province of Cagayan
13	Cane, Jose Cida	Member, S. Panlungsod (2nd Dist.)	Cebu City
14	Cañete, Gumersindo Canoy	Member, S. Panlungsod (2nd Dist.)	Cebu City
15	Cantal, Felix Cabrera	Mayor	City of Manila
16.	Cruz, Fidel Carido	Mayor	City of Manila
17.	De Jesus, Jimmy Durango	Councilor	Agusan del Sur
18	Ebarrete, Pilar Fajardo	Vice-Mayor	San Juan City
19.	Gabot, Samuel	Mayor	City of Manila
20.	Gorospe, Felipe J. F.	Vice-Mayor	Sison, Pangasinan
21.	Idea, Fermin U.	Vice-Mayor	Quezon City
22.	Lim, Rodolfo Gayola	Mayor	City of Manila
23.	Lumongsod Jorge Maceda	Governor	Agusan del Norte
24.	Magallanes, Marino Dela Peña	Mayor	City of Manila
25.	Mijares, Norberto A.	Governor	Davao del Norte
26.	Ong, Lea Remedios	Mayor	Cebu City
27.	Padalhin, Adolfo Sr. Nabayra	Mayor	Mandaluyong City
28.	Perez, Jose A.	Governor	Province of Cagayan
29.	Plaza, Mauricio Jr. C.	Member, House of Representative	2nd District, Agusan del Sur
30.	Rivera, Benjamin Polidario	Mayor	City of Manila
31.	Santos, Norgene Jongay	Member, Sanguniang Panglungsod	1st District Parañaque City
32.	Selim, Miguel Gonzalve	Mayor	Cebu City
33.	Sollano, Erlinda Sy	Member, HR (2nd Dist.)	Cebu City
34.	Talledo, Charlie Bucao	Mayor	Surigao City
35.	Tan, Mark Alvin Arquero	Mayor	Santiago City, Isabela
36.	Tumulak, Eliseo Sanjorjo	Member, HR (1st Dist.)	Cebu City
37.	Uy, Lilia Mijares	Governor	Province of Isabela
38.	Ancheta, Rosendo Cardona	Vice Mayor	Muntinlupa City
39.	Aquino, Amelia Nocup	Member Sangguniang Panglungsod, 2nd District	Muntinlupa City
40.	Claus, Elmer Morata	Member Sangguniang Panglungsod, 2nd District	Muntinlupa City
41.	Laberinto, BenedictoLobendino	Member Sangguniang Panglungsod, 1st District	Muntinlupa City
42.	Marmeto, Oscar Arciaga	Mayor	Muntinlupa City
43.	Malit, Ellen Danganan	Member Sangguniang Panglungsod, 1st District	Muntinlupa City
44.	Moreno, Ruben Carsido	Member Sangguniang Panglungsod, 1st District	Muntinlupa City
45.	Bello, Fred Naim	Mayor	Caloocan City
46.	Esquila, Merlita Lacre	Mayor	Caloocan City
47.	Garibay, Eduardo Rivera	Mayor	Caloocan City
48.	Gonzales, Melanio Reyes	Mayor	Caloocan City
49.	Gurnot, Arlan Monteo	Mayor	Caloocan City
50.	Lapuz, Romeo Vinuya	Mayor	Caloocan City
51.	Malquisto, Anastacio Recaido	Mayor	Caloocan City
52.	Pangilinan, Adrian Mallari	Mayor	Caloocan City
53.	Razo, Luis San Pedro	Mayor	Caloocan City
54.	Aquino, Roberto Jr., Catacutan	Member SP, 1st District	Caloocan City
55.	Crisostomo, Cherlito Protacio	Member SP, 1st District	Caloocan City
56.	Gundayao, Ferdinand Oria	Member SP, 1st District	Caloocan City
57.	Pragas, Milagros Berones	Member SP, 1st District	Caloocan City
58.	Dela Merced, Clarence Javier	Member SP, 2nd District	Caloocan City
59.	Dumalag, Edwin Brioso	Member SP, 2nd District	Caloocan City
60.	Gonzales, Jose Isagani Malig	Member SP, 2nd District	Caloocan City
61.	Lim, Edgar Dichoso	Member SP, 2nd District	Caloocan City
62.	Placer, Serafico Gura	Member SP, 2nd District	Caloocan City
63.	Timbol, Joseph Balagtas	Member SP, 2nd District	Caloocan City

List of Ineligible candidates

	Name of Candidate		Position	Municipality/ City/Province
1.	Abalde, Tarajo Tulabing		Member, S. Panlalawigan (2nd Dist.)	Zamboanga Sibugay
2.	Andres, Mary Kaye Noll		Member, Sangguniang Panlungsod	1st District Marikina City
3.	Asensi, Marjorie Francisco		Member, Sangguniang Panlungsod	Lucena City, Quezon
4.	Bustos, Janine Dabu		Member, Sangguniang Panlungsod	2nd District Taguig City
5.	Cerafica, Kimberly Da Silva		Member, Sangguniang Panlungsod	1st District Taguig City
6.	Crespo, Juan Rafael Caluza		Member, Sangguniang Panlungsod	1st District, Manila
7.	Jalosjos-Carreon, Angelica		Sangguniang Panlalawigan	Zamboanga del Norte
8.		Romeo, Maria B.(Not a registered voter in the Municipality of Mutia, which she admitted)	Member, Sangguniang Bayan	Mutia, Zamboanga del Norte
9.		Magnaye, Elvis Vergil Bigtacion	Member SP, 5th District	Quezon City
10.		Martele, Jardiya Manlion	Member SP, 6th District	Quezon City