MORE MALES SEEKING OFFICE IN VILLAGES, SK
More than 37,000 running on May 14 in Province.
More than 37,000 persons in Cebu Province are running for office in the barangays or the youth councils on May 14, not yet counting the few who filed on Saturday, the one-day extension Comelec granted to prevent a low turnout
Of the 37,298 who declared their candidacy in Cebu Province, the males make up 65 percent; this trend holds true across all 4 types of offices at stake this election
More men than women are running for office in Cebu Province on May 14, when the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections will take place.
As of April 20, a total of 37,298 persons filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) for the Barangay and SK elections in the province, according to the Commission on Elections.
Provincial Election Supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano said that Comelec will issue another report today, with the updated results from the one-day extension aspirants were given.
Of those running for barangay captain in Cebu Province, there are 1,849 male and 606 female candidates. For the barangay council positions, 13,378 male and 5,833 female aspirants filed their COCs.
Females running for SK chairperson numbered 927, while there are 1,563 male candidates. Those running for SK councilor amounted to 7,417 males and 5,725 females.
In Cebu City, officials observed that few filed their COC during the one-day extension the Comelec granted.
In the south district, only two candidates for barangay office filed their COC, while nine filed their papers for the SK.
Since the period began last April 14, 1,539 candidates have turned up in the south district.
In the north district of Cebu City, two candidates for barangay captain filed their COCs, along with nine for barangay councilor and 10 for SK councilor.
They now form part of the 1,750 total candidates in the south.
Comelec North District Election Assistant Omar Sharif Mamalinta said fewer candidates filed their COC yesterday than in the previous days, probably because they had not heard about the extension, which the Comelec announced last Friday evening.
The Comelec decided to extend the filing to “give additional time to potential candidates to file their COCs” and avoid a low turnout in the elections, which had been postponed twice.
Although there were fewer candidates who filed their COCs yesterday, Cebu City South District Election Officer Anna Fleur Gujilde said that her office received a higher number of COCs than expected.
“There were many who were interested to run really and most of them filed ahead of the deadline, that is why there were only a few candidates who filed during the last day,” she said.
After the filing of COCs, Comelec and the police are set to identify the areas that will be included in the election watch list.
In some precincts yesterday, the Comelec conducted simulations to identify potential Election Day problems.