LIST: Presidential, VP, senatorial aspirants on day 4 of COC filing

LP standard-bearer Mar Roxas (third from right), and Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo file their COCs with Roxas’ wife Korina Sanchez and mother Judy Araneta Roxas, and Robredo’s children Aika, Tricia and Jillian. YUJI VINCENT GONZALES/INQUIRER.net

The fourth and second to the last day of filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) for the 2016 elections have ended, but the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is expecting more people seeking top national posts tomorrow.

Liberal Party bets Manuel “Mar” Roxas II and Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo and the tandem of Senators Grace Poe and Francis Escudero led today’s COC filers.

As of Oct. 15, 5:00 p.m., Comelec said 76 people filed COCs for president, 15 for vice president, and 83 for senators.

For president:

1. Manuel “Mar” Roxas II
2. Quiterio Castilla
3. Jose Larry Maquinana
4. Camilo Tiqui
5. Justino Padiernos
6. Apolonia Soguilon
7. Erenia Romanillos
8. Sahiron Salim
9. Benecio Rufil
10. Buenafe aka Brigido
11. Elizabeth Capular
12. Crisostomo Arada
13. Mary Grace Poe-Llamanzares
14. Maria Victoria del Rosario
15. Edna Guillermo
16. Gary Jamile
17. Erwin Padirogao
18. Rodel Mancilla
19. Ranulfo Feliciano

For vice president:

1. Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo
2. Hermito De Asis
3. Diego Palomares, Jr.
4. Francis Joseph “Chiz” Escudero

For senator:

1. Robert De Castro
2. Alvin Almirante Bersales
3. Sandra Cam
4. Nariman Ambolodto
5. Hernando Bruce
6. Allan Montano
7. Lorna Kapunan
8. Cresente Paez
9. Jay Angelique Jaafar
10. Ephraim David
11. Leila De Lima
12. Celedonio Ompad
13. Ray Dorona
14. Pol Bulilan
15. Antonio Aquino
16. Teofisto Guingona III
17. Fausto Cabantac
18. Sergio Osmeña III
19. Floresca Leto
20. Bethsaida Lopez
21. Yusoph Mando
22. Habib Adz Nikabulin
23. Rosauro Revilla
24. Nicandro Pitos
25. Rosalinda Dacanay
26. Catherine Gawat
27. Arturo Remo
28. Elizabeth del Rio Martinez
29. Amado Combate
30. Mary Lou Estrada

Asked about the high number of aspirants, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez reiterated the poll body’s provisions on so-called “nuisance” candidates.

Jimenez said Comelec has the authority to reject COCs of individuals who make a mockery of the electoral system; seek to confuse voters through similarity of names; and have no bona fide or good intention in running for office.

Saying that the Comelec’s evaluation process is “not that simplistic,” Jimenez said those who “fall outside reasonableness” may also be deemed as nuisance.

The official list of candidates for the 2016 polls is set to be released on Dec. 10. JE