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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1301
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1301 -
POSTPONING THE DATE FOR FILING CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY FOR SECTORAL
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE INTERIM BATASANG PAMBANSA AND PRESCRIBING RULES
TO GOVERN MULTIPLE CANDIDACIES
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WHEREAS,
the election for regional representatives to the interim Batasang
Pambansa shall be on April 7 while the election for the sectoral
representatives shall be held within twenty days after the said date;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, some sectors concerned have made representations for the
postponement of the last day for the filing of certificates of
candidacy for sectoral candidates;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in view of the time lag between the election of regional and
sectoral representatives, the deadline for the filing of certificates
of candidacy of the sectoral candidates may be postponed without
jeopardizing the orderly process of the election;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in the matter of multiple filing of certificates of candidacy,
there is need to clarify whether a person who has filed a certificate
of candidacy for regional representative may also be entitled to file a
certificate of candidacy for sectoral representative; and whether a
candidate who loses in the election regional representative may still
be eligible as a candidate for sectoral representative.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. Postponing the date of filing of
certificates of candidacy for sectoral representatives. — The
provisions of Presidential Decree No. 1296, otherwise known as the 1978
Election Code notwithstanding, the certification of candidacy for
sectoral representative to the interim Batasang Pambansa shall be filed
not later than March 7, 1978.
Section 2. Multiple filing of certificate of
candidacy not allowed. — Any person who filed a certificate of
candidacy for regional representative shall not be eligible to file
another certificate of candidacy for sectoral representative: Provided,
that such person may withdraw his certificate of candidacy for regional
representative at such time as to enable him to file within the period
herein provided a certificate of candidacy for sectoral
representatives; Provided, however, That if there be a person who,
before the effectivity of this decree, filed certificates of candidacy
for both regional and sectoral representatives, such person shall, in a
sworn statement to the Commission filed before March 7, 1978, indicate
what certificate of candidacy he wants to continue and cancelling the
other, otherwise, failing to do so, both certificates shall be null and
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Section 3. Withdrawal or cancellation of certificate
of candidacy. — No certificate of candidacy duly filed shall be
considered withdrawn or cancelled unless the candidate files with the
official which received the certificate of candidacy or with the
Commission, as sworn statement of withdrawal or cancellation.
Section 4. Effectivity. — This decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 14th day of February, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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