By Leslie Ann G. Aquino
More than one million Certificates of Candidacy have been filed for the May 14 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, the Commission on Elections has said.
The Comelec said 1,140,987 CoCs have been filed based on reports from 1,625 out of 1,633 cities and municipalities nationwide as of April 21.
It said that 87,127 CoCs were filed for barangay chairperson and 634,954 for barangay kagawad or councilors.
On the other hand, the Comelec said 83,127 CoCs were filed for SK chairperson and 335,779 for SK kagawad.
Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said that the figures only show the number of CoCs filed and not the number of official candidates.