{"id":186236,"date":"2018-10-21T02:46:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T06:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=186236"},"modified":"2025-03-09T11:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:51:10","slug":"poll-watchdog-asks-comelec-release-info-party-list-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/21\/poll-watchdog-asks-comelec-release-info-party-list-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll watchdog asks Comelec to release info on party-list groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_58372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58372\" style=\"width: 4608px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CommissiononElectionsPhilippinesjf0255_05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58372\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CommissiononElectionsPhilippinesjf0255_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CommissiononElectionsPhilippinesjf0255_05.jpg 4608w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CommissiononElectionsPhilippinesjf0255_05-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CommissiononElectionsPhilippinesjf0255_05-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CommissiononElectionsPhilippinesjf0255_05-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Commission on Elections (COMELEC) at the Palacio del Gobernador Bldg., Gen. Luna St. cor. Andres Soriano Jr. Ave, Intramuros, Manila (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=21560267\">Photo By Elmer B. Domingo &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 An election monitoring group on Saturday called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to release pertinent information on aspirants who filed certificates of nomination and acceptance (CONA) of party-list groups in connection with the May 2019 elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Kontra Daya said those seeking to be elected or represent party-list organizations in the House of Representatives should be presented to the public for scrutiny and transparency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReleasing this information online, for all the world to see and scrutinize, would show Comelec&#8217;s adherence to transparency and accountability,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElection monitoring groups and the public could benefit from a more exhaustive information coming from the Comelec itself, particularly if readily accessible from its website,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The group said such measure would also help bolster Comelec\u2019s commitment in making the elections clean and honest.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lopressor online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalterpenes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/lopressor.html\">www.medicalterpenes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/lopressor.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The poll body is expected to start posting the tentative list of candidates on Nov.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super kamagra online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalterpenes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/super-kamagra.html\">www.medicalterpenes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/super-kamagra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> 5.<\/p>\n<p>Kontra Daya added that being transparent with information on party-list groups is consistent with enhancing the 2019 elections, a promise made by Sheriff Abas when he was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments as poll body chair last May 23.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy levitra oral jelly online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalterpenes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-oral-jelly.html\">www.medicalterpenes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-oral-jelly.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A total of 185 party-list groups have submitted their CONAs during the five-day filing period that ended on Oct. 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2014 An election monitoring group on Saturday called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to release pertinent information on aspirants &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":58372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287880,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186236\/revisions\/287880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}