Comelec Chairman George Garcia shows a sample of the electronic ballot during the Local Source Code Review of the Automated Election Systems (AES) on October 11, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/file

MANILA — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has denied motions for reconsideration of 18 senatorial aspirants for the 2025 elections. 

Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said the commission en banc promulgated on Friday, November 29, its decision on nuisance cases of all the senatorial aspirants.

“Sa 183 aspirants for senators…yung 117 ay humarap sa mga kasong petition to declare them as nuisance candidates. Nung mga nakaraang Linggo ang inyong mga Commission divisions ( 1 and 2 ) base sa aming commitment ay tatapusin natin bago mag-November 30 ang lahat ng cases at least sa national aspirants or candidates,” Garcia said.

“Sa 117, twenty lang po ang nag-file ng motions for reconsideration,” Garcia added.

Based on documents released by Comelec, the 18 senatorial aspirants declared as nuisance include Francis Leo Marcos.

The poll body said it hopes to start the printing of the official ballots for the 2025 polls by the last week of December.

“The printing of the ballots will happen by the last week of December tulad nang nabanggit namin sa inyo that’s the earliest - the latest will be the first week of January. Yun po ang ating gagawin sa printing ng mga balota,”  Garcia said.