With just eight months to go before the May
2016 elections, several senators are pushing for amendments to the Omnibus
Election Code to penalize nuisance candidates.
Senators Jinggoy Estrada, Antonio Trillanes
IV and Aquilino Pimentel III are seeking approval of Senate Bill 2930, which
defines nuisance candidates as those who mock the election process.
The proposed measure seeks to slap with an
election offense candidates who cause confusion among voters by the similarity
of names of registered bets as well as those who filed their certificates of
candidacy in a bid to obtain money, profit or any other consideration.
The proposed bill also considers as an
election offense circumstances or acts that clearly demonstrate the candidate
has no genuine intention to run for public office.
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