00:00 After five and a third years of being put off by Congress, the Village and Youth Council
00:03 polls otherwise known as the barangay and some nguniang-kapdan elections are finally
00:08 on.
00:09 Thanks to Supreme Court ruling two months ago, some 672,500 positions are up for grabs
00:14 in 42,000 barangays nationwide for wannabe grassroots leaders who waited in long queues
00:19 and all their requirements intact and at hand for a shot at the dream to locally govern.
00:24 Luisa Errizpe has more in today's Maddening Kickoff Day for filing certificates of candidacy
00:29 that will last till Saturday this weekend.
00:33 The election period for the barangay and SP election this year has officially started
00:38 today.
00:39 As early as 12.01 midnight, the gun ban has started and checkpoints were all active.
00:44 According to the Philippine National Police, there are about 2,000 checkpoints throughout
00:49 the country.
00:50 So far, since we've been placing checkpoints, up to date, we haven't been able to detect
00:56 any major incidents in relation to the checkpoints that we have placed.
01:02 We will make sure that the police who are conducting the checkpoints are in places that should be
01:10 bright, they should wear a uniform and follow the letter of our police operational procedures
01:20 and of course, the most important thing is the strict observance of human rights and
01:27 being courteous to passing motorists.
01:28 And by 8 a.m. today, another activity kicked off for the election, which is the start of
01:33 filing for the certificate of candidacy of aspiring barangay and SP leaders.
01:38 According to COMELEC, there are 672,432 contested positions for the elections in October, but
01:46 they expect about 2 million to file their candidacies given the huge crowds and the
01:51 long and winding queues outside the filing venues.
01:54 Still, the COMELEC insists it will be strict on the requirements and if proven to submit
01:59 fake documents, there will be punishments awaiting for them.
02:03 Also, those who have finished filing are automatically considered candidates.
02:08 That's why they should not be seen in any kind of early campaigning, even on social
02:12 media.
02:13 In Manila, we even saw fake documents.
02:16 That's why we said that those fake documents should be confiscated and we will file a case
02:24 for those who attempted to file it.
02:27 We will not accept certificates of candidacy that are incomplete, with blanks, number two,
02:34 of over-aged SP candidates and of those who are not registered voters.
02:39 Social media is also a part of the process.
02:43 All kinds of campaigns, whether printed, air-created or on social media, are part of the process.
02:48 That's why you were the first ones to promote yourselves.
02:51 That's okay with us.
02:53 If you want to remove it, you can file it on September 22.
02:57 But once you file it today, remove everything on social media, if we see that, our EID,
03:03 you're done.
03:04 If your opponents see that, you're done.
03:06 If there are nuisance candidates, the Kamalek assured the public to resolve their statuses
03:11 before the election on October 30.
03:13 The nuisance candidates were promised by your commission and bank that before the election
03:19 on October 30, we will resolve all of them.
03:22 That means, as far as possible, no nuisance can escape from the nuisance.
03:27 And they will not be able to decide right there before the election.
03:31 Meanwhile, the Kamalek conducted an inspection on Taguig City's filing of COCs today,
03:37 especially on the 10 formerly Makati City's barangays transferred to their jurisdiction.
03:43 According to Kamalek, they believe residents from these barangays support the Supreme Court
03:48 and Kamalek's decision as proof several candidates or aspirants filed their COCs in Taguig today
03:55 instead of Makati.
03:57 Many have filed their COCs in the 10 former barangays.
04:01 And until now, they have already filed their COCs.
04:04 And they have an intention to file their COCs here in Taguig.
04:08 They already filed their COCs here.
04:12 This means that they recognize the declaration of Kamalek.
04:17 Louisa Erizpe for the Nation.
