THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
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A candidate is defined as any person aspiring for or seeking an elective public 
office, who has filed a certificate of candidacy by himself or through an accredited 
political party, aggroupment, or coalition of parties. In the Philippines, as long as he or 
she can meet the minimum qualifications set by law, anyone can be a candidate for 
public office. Because of this flexibility, almost everybody in our country can run for an 
elective office. Filipinos from all walks of life regardless of their leadership capability and 
intellectual capacity are willing to run for any office at whatever cost notwithstanding the 
impossibility of winning an election. They are called "nuisance candidates". 
Nuisance candidates are those candidates who file their certificate of candidacy 
even though they do not really expect or intend to win. They bring confusion among the 
voters and their rival candidates. 
To ensure free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections the Commission 
on Elections must formulate effective mechanism whereby the presence of nuisance 
candidates will be minimized if not eradicated. Nuisance candidates must be interpreted 
in such a way that it will encompass all possible instances, tantamount to making the 
election process a mockery in itself. 
Hence, the passage of this bill is earnestly recommended. 
ClTO ESTRADA 
C J Senator 


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THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
Introduced by Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada 
AN ACT 
AMENDING SECTION 69 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 881, AS 
AMENDED, 
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE 
Be if enacfed by the Senate and House of Represenfafives of fhe Philippines in 
Congress assern bled: 
Section 1. Section 69 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, as amended, otherwise 
known as the Omnibus Election Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 
Section 69. Nuisance Candidates. - The Commission may, mofu proprio or 
upon a verified petition of an interested party, AND AFTER DUE NOTICE AND 
HEARING, refuse to give due course to or cancel a certificate of candidacy, if it is 
shown that.THE CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY HAS BEEN FILED UNDER 
ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES: To put the election process in 
mockery or disrepute [or]; 
1. To cause confusion among the voters by the similarity of the names of the 
registered candidates [or]; 
2. WHEN IT IS SHOWN THAT THE REASON FOR FILING THE 
CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY IS TO OBTAIN MONEY, PROFIT OR ANY 
OTH E R C 0 N S I DE RAT ION . 
3. WHEN IT IS SHOWN THAT THE REASON FOR FILING THE CERTIFICATE 
OF CANDIDACY IS TO DISCREDIT ANOTHER CANDIDATE; 
4. By ANY other circumstances or acts which clearly demonstrate that the 
candidate has no bona fide intention to run for the office for which the 


certificate of candidacy has been filed and thus prevent a faithful 
determination of the true will of the electorate. 
Section 2. . €ffecfMy. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (IS) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspaper of general circulation. 
Approved.