The number is broken down into 28, 519 aspirants for Barangay elections and 19,118 aspirants for Sangguniang Kabataan positions.
Attorney Gay Enumerables, Assistant Regional Director of Comelec- 11 said that of the total number of aspirants there are 2,932 individuals running for punong barangay, 25,587 candidates for Sangguniang Barangay Kagawad (village councilors), 3,050 for SK chairpersons and 16,068 for SK members.
The greatest number of aspirants were in the province of Davao del Norte with 10,030 persons filing their COCs. Of the number 602 filed for for punong barangay, 5,236 for sangguniang barangay, 632 for SK chairpersons and 3,560 for SK members.
They are followed by Davao de Oro province with 9,519 aspirants (581 for punong barangay, 5,079 for sangguniang barangay, 601 SK chairpersons and 3,258 for SK members).
The province of Davao del Sur came next with 9,239 people filing their COCs (575 punong barangay, 4,792 for sangguniang barangay, 585 SK chairpersons and 3,287 for SK members).
Trailing Davao del Sur is Davao City with 8,120 aspirants (575 punong barangay, 4,553 sangguniang barangay, 485 SK chairpersons and 2,507 for SK members)
There were 7,251 aspirants for Davao Oriental (442 for punong barangay, 3852 for sangguniang barangay, 463 for SK chairperson and 2,494 for SK members. Davao Occidental had 3,568 aspirants ( 261 for punong barangay, 2,059 for sangguniang barangay, 276 for SK chairpersons and 972 for SK members).
Enumerables noted the huge number of people gunning for elective positions in the barangay.
“Makita man jud nato that in the first few days of filing even sa munisipyo nagdagsa dyud ang mga tawo (we can see that in the first few days of filing even in the municipalities there were many people),” Enumerables said.
Enumerables warned the candidates that the Comelec Chairperson will be strictly implementing the provisions on premature campaigning.
“Our Comelec Chair is very clear na dapat walang mag premature campaigning because totohanin talaga,” Enumerables reminded candidates that cases will be filed to those found to engage in premature campaigning. (PIA/RG Alama)
Comelec 11 Assistant Regional Director Atty. Gay Enumerables