Philippines: House panel endorses bill on incumbents' candidacy, The Philippine Star (2011)
This article reports that a panel at the House of Representatives has endorsed Bill 2877 which declares that an elective official ipso facto resigned from his office upon the filing of his certificate of candidacy. The objective of the bill is said to prevent incumbents from using government resources to promote their candidacy.
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