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Comelec Davao urge voters to register before May 18 deadline

by Nova Mae Francas
written by Nova Mae Francas

THE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) Davao reminded residents to register before the deadline on May 18.The nationwide voter registration started on Oct. 20,2025 and will last until May 18, 2026.

Comelec Davao assistant director Gay Enumerables reported that the office processed 107,069 voter applications from October until Feb. 14.

Enumerables said these include new registrations, transfers, reactivations and correction of entries.

First-time voters, aged 15 to 17 who are eligible for the Sangguniang Kabataan elections can register for the November 2 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.

Enumerables said the Comelec offices are open from Mondays to Saturdays, including holidays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The filing of Certificate of Candidacies will start on Sept. 28 until Oct. 5. The campaign is prohibited from Sept. 28 -Oct 21.

The election period and gun ban start from Oct. 3 to Nov. 9, 2026, while the official campaign period is from Oct 22-31.On the eve of the election day on Nov. 1, liquor ban will be observed and campaigning is prohibited.

With the elections set on Nov. 2, the deadline for Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) filing is set on Dec. 2.

To note, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signed into law in August 2025 the Republic Act No. 12232, postponing the December 2025 BSKE and moving to the first Monday of November 2026.

Under RA 12232, regular BSKE will be held every four years thereafter.

The law mandates that the term of office of all elected barangay and SK officials shall be four years.

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Comelec issues certificate of finality on cancellation of Duterte Youth Party-list

by Nova Mae Francas
written by Nova Mae Francas

THE COMMISSION on Elections issued a Certificate of Finality and Entry of Judgment of the Order of the Commission En Banc, cancelling the registration of the Duterte Youth Party-list effective immediately. 

In a ruling dated Aug. 29, the Commission En Banc resolved to deny the motion for reconsideration of the Duterte Youth Party-list and affirmed the resolution of the Comelec Second Division to cancel the party-list’s registration.

“The Commission En Banc iterated the decision of the Commission Second Division wherein it found that Duterte Youth Party-list’s registration is void ab initio for failure to comply with the publication and hearing requirements, which are jurisdictional in nature,” it said. 

The grounds for the cancellation of its party registration, which includes untruthful statements in its Petition, particularly on the eligibility of its nominees; no bona fide intention to represent the sector for which the petition has been filed, preventing a faithful determination of the true will of the electorate.

Comelec also stressed that the party-list advocated violence or unlawful means to achieve its goal and was an adjunct of or an entity funded or assisted by the National Youth Commission.

It also violated or failed to comply with laws, rules or regulations relating to elections; and the petition has been filed to put the election process in mockery or disrepute.

“The withdrawal and substitution en masse, as well as the back-and-forth switching of DUTERTE YOUTH partylist nominees during the 2019 National and Local Elections, undermine the spirit and intent of the party-list system and put a mockery on the election process,” it added.

Meanwhile, in a Facebook post, the Duterte Youth slammed the Comelec for the resolution.

“Kaya nagiging kurakot ang mga pulitiko sa bansa, meron namemera sa simula pa lang e, need iareglo lagi, e tayo wala tayo pang areglo, di tayo nag negosyo sa gobyerno or nangurakot, tayo pa kaisa-isa sa Kongreso na nagbabalik ng Death Penalty para sa mga kurakot sa gobyerno,” it said.

“Magkano bayad nung tatlong talo na mabibigyan ng 3 Congress Seats? Putanginang Bulok na Marcos Admin to!” it added.

With the ruling, the Comelec will tackle the redistribution of three seats won by the Duterte Youth.

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Duterte Youth: Proclaiming Gabriela Partylist is ‘naked political maneuver’

by Nova Mae Francas
written by Nova Mae Francas

THE RECENT decision by the Commission on Elections to declare the Gabriela Party-list is a “naked political maneuver, thinly veiled in bureaucratic jargon,” the Duterte Youth Party-list said Sunday. 

The group said the move of the Comelec is an insult to the democracy of the Filipinos who voted for Duterte Youth.

Comelec George Erwin Garcia announced in a radio interview that it will proclaim former Congresswoman Sarah Elago as the number one nominee of the Gabriela partylist.

Garcia said the Comelec en banc will decide on the matter on Wednesday and is expected to make the announcement on the same day.

Duterte Youth slammed Comelec, saying that it effectively nullified the votes of two million Filipinos who chose them in the last mid-term elections.

“Due process demands consistency. As it stands, there is a pending case before the Supreme Court, a higher and impartial tribunal, which is already hearing arguments challenging Comelec’s own decision,” the group said.

It stressed that to proclaim Gabriela before that case is resolved is trampling on the rule of law and on constitutional guarantees.

Duterte Youth pinned Garcia as making decisions that favor a certain party, noting that Garcia was a former lawyer of the Marcoses.

“It is difficult to see this as anything but part of a broader pattern: favoritism toward left-leaning groups like Gabriela, while opposition voices—especially those with massive popular support—are targeted with legalistic technicalities,” it said.

The group is planning to file a protest and is calling on Garcia to immediately rescind the decision.

“Why would you stop the proclamation of Duterte Youth Party-List due to a made-up simple issue, then allow Gabriela Party-List to be proclaimed now, while there is a more serious pending Terrorism case,” it stressed.

The group already filed a petition before the Supreme Court on Sept. 1 to declare Comelec’s move to cancel its registration as unconstitutional. It insisted that the Comelec En Banc, voting 5-1, committed a grave abuse of discretion in rejecting its motion for reconsideration.

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