FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
,366 
S.NO. ___ _ 
Introduced by Senator Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV 
Explanatory Note 
The presence of nuisance candidates is a product of a loose electoral system. As a consequence, 
before every election, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Commissioners will have to 
weed out from the list, candidates that the law considers as mere nuisance, and in determining 
who the nuisance candidates are, their main task is to look into the intentions of these candidates 
and a close assessment to the candidates' chances of victory, among others. 
Section (2)(7) under Commission on Elections of Article IX of the Constitution mandates that 
the Congress provides for effective measures to minimize election spending, including limitation 
of places where propaganda materials shall be posted, and to prevent and penalize all forms of 
election frauds, offenses, malpractices, and nuisance candidacies. 
It is in this line that this bill seeks to expand the grounds for declaring a person a nuisance 
candidate provided that, the person \ujs previously run at least three (3) times for the same 
elective office and that said candidate garnered less than ten (10) percent of the total number of 
votes cast on the position on hislher third andlor last election. While the Omnibus Election Code 
obviously dissuades those who have the least chances in winning the elections, such is not 
deterrence for these candidates to file their respective certificates of candidacy. 
In view of the foregoing, the early passage of this bill is earnestly sought. 
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·lNT~I~ "SONNY" F. TRILLANES IV 
Senator 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
SENATE 
S, NO. 
366 
Introduced by Senator Antonio "Sonny" F. TrilIanes IV 
AN ACT 
EXPANDING THE GROUNDS FOR DECLARING A PERSON A NUISANCE 
CANDIDATE, THEREBY AMENDING SECTION 69 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 
881 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OMNffiUS ELECTION CODE 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Section 69 of Bat as Pambansa Bilang 881, otherwise known as the 
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Omnibus Election Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: 
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"SEC. 69. The Commission may motu propio or upon a verified petition of an interested 
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party, refuse to give due course to or cancel a certificate of candidacy if it is shown that said 
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certificate has been filed to put the election process in mockery or disrepute or to cause 
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confusion among the voters by the similarity of the names of the registered candidates or by 
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other circumstances or acts which clearly demonstrate that the candidate has no bona fide 
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intention to run for the office for which the certificate of candidacy has been filed and thus 
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prevent a faithful determination of the true will of the electorate. 
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"FURTHER, THE COMMISSION MAY MOTU PROPIO OR UPON THE VERIFIED 
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PETITION OF AN INTERESTED PARTY, MAY DECLARE A PERSON A NUISANCE 
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CANDIDATE IF THE PERSON HAS PREVIOUSLY RUN AT LEAST THREE (3) 
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TIMES FOR THE SAME ELECTIVE OFFICE, AND THAT HE GARNERED LESS 
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THAN FIVE (5) PERCENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES CAST IN THE 
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THIRD OR LAST ELECTION PERIOD IN WHICH HE/SHE RUN FOR THE SAID 
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ELECTIVE OFFICE. 
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SEC.2. Repealing Clause. Any laws, decrees, ordinances or rules and regulations 
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which are inconsistent with or contrary to the provision of this Act is hereby amended or 
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repealed. 
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SEC. 3. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is held invalid or 
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unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected hereby shall remain valid and SUbsisting. 
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SEC. 4. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete 
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publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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