SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
'13 
OEC 11 
P 2 :42 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
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 or coalition of parties. In the Philippines, as long as he or 
she can meet the minimum qualifications set by the 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 not withstanding the impossibility of winning an election. They are 
called "nuisance candidates". 
Nuisance candidates are those candidates that file their certificate of 
candidacy even though they not really expect or intend to win. They bring 
confusion among the voters and pester other candidates, including the 
Commission on Elections. 
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. 
Senator 


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
'13 
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SENATE 
Senate Bill No. (~O 2 6 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
AN ACT 
AMENDING SECTION 69 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 881, AS AMENDED, 
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 69 of Batas Pambansa Big. 881, as amended, 
otherwise known as the Omnibus Election Code is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
"Section 69. Nuisance Candidates. The COfTImission 
may, motu 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 CERIFICATE 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 similarity of the 
names of the registered candidates [or]; 
2. WHEN IT SHOWN THAT THE REASON FOR FILLING THE 
CRTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY IS TO OBTAIN MONEY 
PROFIT OR ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION. 
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 
demonstrates 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." 
SEC. 2. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,